Journal articles
Young W (In Press). Exposure Worry: the Psychological Impact of Perceived. Ionizing Radiation Exposure in British Nuclear Test Veterans.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Abstract.
Wang A, Sieber J, Young W, Tsaneva-Atanasova K (In Press). Time series analysis and modelling of the freezing of gait phenomenon.
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems Abstract.
Lamb SE, Williams G, Young W (2024). The science of falls and how to prevent them.
Nat Med,
30(1), 35-36.
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Raffegeau TE, Young WR, Fino PC, Williams AM (2023). A Perspective on Using Virtual Reality to Incorporate the Affective Context of Everyday Falls into Fall Prevention. JMIR Aging, 6
Siragy T, Russo Y, Young W, Lamb SE (2023). Comparison of over-ground and treadmill perturbations for simulation of real-world slips and trips: a systematic review.
Gait Posture,
100, 201-209.
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Rose DC, Poliakoff E, Young WR, Phillips M (2023). Music Moves Me in More Ways Than One: an Online Survey Investigating the Everyday Use of Music among People with Parkinson's.
Music and Science,
6 Abstract.
Raffegeau TE, Clark M, Fawver B, Engel BT, Young WR, Williams AM, Lohse KR, Fino PC (2023). The effect of mobility-related anxiety on walking across the lifespan: a virtual reality simulation study.
Exp Brain Res,
241(7), 1757-1768.
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Ellmers TJ, Wilson MR, Kal EC, Young WR (2023). The perceived control model of falling: developing a unified framework to understand and assess maladaptive fear of falling.
Age Ageing,
52(7).
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Poliakoff E, Bek J, Phillips M, Young WR, Rose DC (2023). Vividness and Use of Imagery Related to Music and Movement in People with Parkinson's: a Mixed-methods Survey Study.
Music and Science,
6 Abstract.
Alenezi S, Morgan-Trimmer S, Hulbert S, Young W, Goodwin VA (2023). “It's a lot more complicated than it seems”: physiotherapists' experiences of using compensation strategies in people with Parkinson's.
Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences,
4 Abstract.
Kal EC, Young WR, Ellmers TJ (2022). Balance capacity influences the effects of conscious movement processing on postural control in older adults.
Human Movement Science,
82 Abstract.
Raffegeau TE, Fawver B, Clark M, Engel BT, Young WR, Williams AM, Lohse KR, Fino PC (2022). Corrigendum to “The feasibility of using virtual reality to induce mobility-related anxiety during turning” [Gait & Posture 77 (2020) 6–13, (Gait & Posture (2020) 77(6–13) (S0966636220300072), (10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.01.006)).
Gait and Posture,
95 Abstract.
Rose DC, Poliakoff E, Hadley R, Guérin SMR, Phillips M, Young WR (2022). Levelling the Playing Field: the Role of Workshops to Explore How People with Parkinson's Use Music for Mood and Movement Management as Part of a Patient and Public Involvement Strategy.
Front Rehabil Sci,
3 Abstract.
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Ellmers T, Wilson M, Norris M, Young W (2022). Protective or harmful? a qualitative exploration of older people’s perceptions of worries about falling. Age and Ageing
Ellmers TJ, Wilson MR, Kal EC, Young WR (2022). Standing up to threats: Translating the two-system model of fear to balance control in older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 158, 111647-111647.
Kal EC, Ellmers TJ, Fielding AE, Hardeman L, Coito J, Joyce L, Young WR (2022). Weighting for the Beat: Using a Dance Cue to Facilitate Turning in People with Parkinson's Disease and Freezing of Gait.
J Parkinsons Dis,
12(4), 1353-1358.
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Collett G, Martin W, Young WR, Anderson RM (2022). “Is that a coincidence?”: Exploring health perceptions and the causal attributions of physical health conditions in British nuclear test veterans. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100127-100127.
Cocks AJ, Young WR, Ellmers TJ, Jackson RC, Williams AM (2021). Concern about falling is associated with segmental control when turning in older adults.
Gait Posture,
88, 105-108.
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Mak TCT, Young WR, Wong TWL (2021). Conscious Control of Gait Increases with Task Difficulty and can be Mitigated by External Focus Instruction. Experimental Aging Research, 47(3), 288-301.
Young W, Ellmers TJ (2021). Translating Attentional Control Theory to Applied Psychological Eye Tracking Research.
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Ellmers T, Cocks A, Kal E, Young W (2020). Conscious movement processing, fall-related anxiety, and the visuomotor control of locomotion in older adults. Journal of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
Ellmers T, Kal E, Young W (2020). Consciously processing balance leads to distorted perceptions of instability in older adults. Journal of Neurology
Parakkal Unni M, Menon PP, Livi L, Wilson MR, Young WR, Bronte-Stewart HM, Tsaneva-Atanasova K (2020). Data-Driven Prediction of Freezing of Gait Events from Stepping Data.
Frontiers in Medical Technology,
2, 581264-581264.
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Ellmers TJ, Cocks AJ, Young WR (2020). Evidence of a Link Between Fall-Related Anxiety and High-Risk Patterns of Visual Search in Older Adults During Adaptive Locomotion.
J Gerontol a Biol Sci Med Sci,
75(5), 961-967.
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Kal EC, Young WR, Ellmers TJ (2020). Face masks, vision, and risk of falls.
BMJ,
371 Author URL.
Ellmers T, Maslivec A, Young W (2020). Fear of falling alters anticipatory postural control during cued gait initiation. Neuroscience
Young W, Ellmers T, Kinrade N, Cossar J, Cocks A (2020). Re-evaluating the measurement and influence of conscious movement processing on gait performance in older adults: development of the Gait-Specific Attentional Profile. Gait and Posture
Ellmers T, Kal E, Richardson J, Young W (2020). Short-latency inhibition mitigates the relationship between conscious movement processing and overly cautious gait. Age and Ageing
Raffegeau T, Fawver B, Young W, Williams AM, Lohse K, Fino P (2020). The direction of postural threat alters balance control when standing at virtual elevation. Experimental Brain Research
Raffegeau TE, Fawver B, Clark M, Engel BT, Young WR, Williams AM, Lohse KR, Fino PC (2020). The feasibility of using virtual reality to induce mobility-related anxiety during turning. Gait & Posture, 77, 6-13.
Collett G, Craenen K, Young W, Gilhooly M, Anderson R (2020). The psychological consequences of (perceived) ionizing radiation exposure: a review on its role in radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction. International Journal of Radiation Biology
Mak TCT, Young WR, Wong TWL (2020). The role of reinvestment in conservative gait in older adults. Experimental Gerontology, 133, 110855-110855.
Hardeman LES, Kal EC, Young WR, van der Kamp J, Ellmers TJ (2020). Visuomotor control of walking in Parkinson’s disease: Exploring possible links between conscious movement processing and freezing of gait. Behavioural Brain Research, 395, 112837-112837.
Maslivec A, Fielding A, Wilson M, Norris M, Young W (2020). ‘Recoupling’ the attentional and motor control of preparatory postural adjustments to overcome Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 17
Ellmers TJ, Cocks AJ, Young WR (2019). Exploring attentional focus of older adult fallers during heightened postural threat.
Psychological Research Abstract.
Chan DCL, Wong TWL, Zhu FF, Lam CC, Young W, Capio CM, Masters RSW (2019). Investigating changes in real-time conscious postural processing by older adults during different stance positions using electroencephalography coherence. Experimental Aging Research
Amini A, Banitsas K, Young WR (2019). Kinect4FOG: monitoring and improving mobility in people with Parkinson's using a novel system incorporating the Microsoft Kinect v2.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol,
14(6), 566-573.
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Chow VWK, Ellmers TJ, Young WR, Mak TCT, Wong TWL (2019). Revisiting the relationship between internal focus and balance control in young and older adults.
Frontiers in Neurology,
10(JAN).
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Mak TCT, Young W, Lam WK, Tse ACY, Wong TWL (2019). The Role of Attentional Focus on Walking Efficiency among Older Fallers and Non-fallers. Age and Ageing
Ellmers TJ, Young WR (2019). The influence of anxiety and attentional focus on visual search during adaptive gait. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 45(6), 697-714.
Doumas M, Morsanyi K, Young WR (2018). Cognitively and socially induced stress affects postural control.
Exp Brain Res,
236(1), 305-314.
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Ellmers TJ, Young WR (2018). Conscious motor control impairs attentional processing efficiency during precision stepping. Gait & Posture, 63, 58-62.
Mak TCT, Young WR, Chan DCL, Wong TWL (2018). Gait Stability in Older Adults During Level-Ground Walking: the Attentional Focus Approach. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
Ellmers TJ, Paraskevopoulos IT, Williams AM, Young WR (2018). Recalibrating disparities in perceived and actual balance abilities in older adults: a mixed-methods evaluation of a novel exergaming intervention.
J Neuroeng Rehabil,
15(1).
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Uiga L, Capio CM, Ryu D, Young WR, Wilson MR, Wong TWL, Tse ACY, Masters RSW (2018). The Role of Movement-Specific Reinvestment in Visuomotor Control of Walking by Older Adults.
Journals of Gerontology, Series B,
75(2), 282-292.
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Keune PM, Young WR, Paraskevopoulos IT, Hansen S, Muenssinger J, Oschmann P, Müller R (2017). Measuring standing balance in multiple sclerosis: Further progress towards an automatic and reliable method in clinical practice. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 379, 157-162.
Ellmers TJ, Machado G, Wong TW-L, Zhu F, Williams AM, Young WR (2016). A validation of neural co-activation as a measure of attentional focus in a postural task.
Gait Posture,
50, 229-231.
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Young WR, Shreve L, Quinn EJ, Craig C, Bronte-Stewart H (2016). Auditory cueing in Parkinson's patients with freezing of gait. What matters most: Action-relevance or cue-continuity?.
Neuropsychologia,
87, 54-62.
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Young WR, Olonilua M, Masters RSW, Dimitriadis S, Mark Williams A (2016). Examining links between anxiety, reinvestment and walking when talking by older adults during adaptive gait.
Exp Brain Res,
234(1), 161-172.
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Ellmers TJ, Cocks AJ, Doumas M, Williams AM, Young WR (2016). Gazing into thin air: the dual-task costs of movement planning and execution during adaptive gait.
PLoS ONE,
11(11).
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Whyatt C, Merriman NA, Young WR, Newell FN, Craig C (2015). A Wii Bit of Fun: a Novel Platform to Deliver Effective Balance Training to Older Adults.
Games Health J,
4(6), 423-433.
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Keune PM, Cocks AJ, Young WR, Burschka JM, Hansen S, Hofstadt-van Oy U, Oschmann P, Muenssinger J (2015). Dynamic walking features and improved walking performance in multiple sclerosis patients treated with fampridine (4-aminopyridine). BMC Neurology, 15(1).
Young WR, Mark Williams A (2015). How fear of falling can increase fall-risk in older adults: Applying psychological theory to practical observations. Gait & Posture, 41(1), 7-12.
Young W, Williams AM (2015). The multifaceted nature of fear of falling must be considered. The Journal of Physiology
Young WR, Rodger MWM, Craig CM (2014). Auditory observation of stepping actions can cue both spatial and temporal components of gait in Parkinson's disease patients.
Neuropsychologia,
57(1), 140-153.
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Bienkiewicz MMN, Young WR, Craig CM (2014). BALLS TO THE WALL: HOW ACOUSTIC INFORMATION FROM a BALL IN MOTION GUIDES INTERCEPTIVE MOVEMENT IN PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
NEUROSCIENCE,
275, 508-518.
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Rodger MWM, Young WR, Craig CM (2014). Synthesis of walking sounds for alleviating gait disturbances in Parkinson's disease.
IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering,
22(3), 543-548.
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Young WR (2014). We need a balanced perspective in Wii-search. Gait & Posture, 39(4), 1156-1157.
Young W, Rodger M, Craig CM (2013). Perceiving and reenacting spatiotemporal characteristics of walking sounds.
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,
39(2), 464-476.
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Bieńkiewicz MMN, Rodger MWM, Young WR, Craig CM (2013). Time to get a move on: Overcoming bradykinetic movement in Parkinson's disease with artificial sensory guidance generated from biological motion.
Behavioural Brain Research,
253, 113-120.
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Young WR, Hollands MA (2012). Evidence for age-related decline in visuomotor function and reactive stepping adjustments.
Gait Posture,
36(3), 477-481.
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Young WR, Wing AM, Hollands MA (2012). Influences of state anxiety on gaze behavior and stepping accuracy in older adults during adaptive locomotion.
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci,
67(1), 43-51.
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Young WR, Hollands MA (2012). Newly acquired fear of falling leads to altered eye movement patterns and reduced stepping safety: a case study.
PLoS One,
7(11).
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Merriman NA, Whyatt C, Setti A, Gillian N, Young W, Ferguson S, Craig C, Newell FN (2012). The effect of balance training on audio–visual integration in older adults. Multisensory Research, 25(0), 155-155.
Young W, Ferguson S, Brault S, Craig C (2011). Assessing and training standing balance in older adults: a novel approach using the 'Nintendo Wii' Balance Board.
Gait Posture,
33(2), 303-305.
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Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Barkoukis V, Grano C, Lucidi F, Lindwall M, Liukkonen J, Raudsepp L, Young W (2011). Health and well-being profiles of older European adults. European Journal of Ageing, 8(2), 75-85.
Young WR, Hollands MA (2010). Can telling older adults where to look reduce falls? Evidence for a causal link between inappropriate visual sampling and suboptimal stepping performance.
Exp Brain Res,
204(1), 103-113.
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