Older but not younger adults rely on multijoint coordination to stabilize the swinging limb when performing a novel cued walking task

Motor flexibility, the ability to employ multiple motor strategies to meet task demands, may facilitate ambulation in complex environments that constrain movements; loss of motor flexibility may impair mobility. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of obesity (a specific model of mobility impairment) and advanced age on motor flexibility during a task that constrained foot placement while walking. Twenty-one community-dwelling...