Using a Manipulation Check to Uncover Age-Related Difference in Focus of Attention Instruction During a Balance Task

BACKGROUND/STUDY CONTEXT: A manipulation check was used to investigate whether there is an age-related difference in the adherence to specific external- and internal-focus instructional constraints. METHODS: Participants stood on a force platform and were to maintain a feedback cursor (representing their center of pressure) along the horizontal direction, within a target on a computer monitor. Trials were conducted with either an external focus …