Students' interaction anxiety and social phobia in interprofessional education in Hong Kong: mapping a new research direction.

Background: Interprofessional education (IPE) has been promoted as a breakthrough in healthcare because of the impact when professionals work as a team. However, despite its inception dating back to the 1960s, its science has taken a long time to advance. There is a need to theorize IPE to cultivate creative insights for a nuanced understanding of IPE.

Compromised cognition, but not stepping-down performance, when dual-tasking in stroke survivors.

Descending stairs is an indicator of independence among stroke survivors, but is demanding in terms of both neuromuscular control and cognitive functioning. Previous studies found a compromised performance when stepping down with a concurrent cognitive task among healthy older adults, but whether stroke survivors react similarly is not known. This cross-sectional study thus investigated how stroke survivors responded to a dual-task that involved stepping down and compared their performance with that of control subjects.

The effect of Tai Chi training on the dual-tasking performance of stroke survivors: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To compare the effect of Tai Chi training with conventional exercise on dual-tasking performance among stroke survivors.

Design: An assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial.

Subjects: Community-dwelling stroke survivors.

The performance of stroke survivors in turning-while-walking while carrying out a concurrent cognitive task compared with controls.

Background: Turning-while-walking is one of the commonest causes of falls in stroke survivors. It involves cognitive processing and may be challenging when performed concurrently with a cognitive task. Previous studies of dual-tasking involving turning-while-walking in stroke survivors show that the performance of physical tasks is compromised.

Effect of Tai Chi Training on Dual-Tasking Performance That Involves Stepping Down among Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study.

Descending stairs demands attention and neuromuscular control, especially with dual-tasking. Studies have demonstrated that stroke often degrades a survivor's ability to descend stairs. Tai Chi has been shown to improve dual-tasking performance of healthy older adults, but no such study has been conducted in stroke survivors.