Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

The Focus of Attention in the Performance of the Elderly: a Systematic Review

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijmbsp.2022.334064.1028
Volume 2, Issue 2
Summer 2022
Pages 13-20
Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

Keyvan Molanorouzi 1
Farzane Goruee 2

1 Assistant professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences , Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD Candidate, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Literature, Humanities and Social Sciences , Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
The performance of the elderly is related to different psychological and physical factors. The focus of attention is one of the effective factor on movement performance. This systematic review study is designed to focus on and achieve performance of the elderly. This study is systematic review of articles about focus of attention in older adults’ performance that it was done in September 2021. Persian and English articles were searched in SID, IranDoc, Noormags, PubMed, Wiley, ScienceDirect databases with the keywords focus of attention, internal attention, external attention, performance, ageing, and Movement and 144 articles were identified. After removing duplicate records and reading titles, 42 articles remained and after reading abstracts 10 articles were included in the study based on eligibility criteria. The results showed that the focus of Internal attention was to reduce performance. Adopting external focus can increase performance and reduce the risk of falls in the elderly.

Keywords

External focus of Attention
Aging
Internal Focus of Attention
Subjects
  • Receive Date 07 April 2022
  • Revise Date 01 September 2022
  • Accept Date 07 September 2022

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