Posted: February 4th, 2015

Gait and Balance

Paper, Order, or Assignment Requirements

Instructions for the Research paper, Topic of (Gait and Balance) disorders in older adults.

Using your research topic of (Gait and Balance) disorders in older adults, and critical analysis of literature, refining the topic and multiple factors including diversity, individualism, personal attitudes, myths, stereotypes, theoretical applications to diverse cultures, and legal or ethical issues in the proposed study.

The paper description.

Overview

This final paper will help to tie all of your research together and present relevant information that is appropriate using terminology specific to your field of study of (Gait and Balance).

The project should succeed in finding of a gap in current knowledge or areas in which research is needed. Consider the additional challenges of such a proposed topic for research. Consider the physical and mental state of individuals in the relevant age group and how they will be impacted by such research.

By using your skills of critical thinking and the information retrieved from the literature review, your paper proposing a topic for research should contain the following information:

• Rationale and refinement of the topic with a specific question for research.
• Key questions, terminology, and reference to current experts contributing to current research on the topic.
• Critique of research previous to this time on the topic.
• Resources and literature review information that would support further investigation of this topic.
• Your conclusion as to why this topic is worth investigating and how it will add to the body of knowledge, revise an existing study, or propose a study for the future. This paper will compile and synthesize the knowledge that you have gathered throughout the course.

Instructions

1. Provide an introduction to a research study, your paper should make it clear why this topic is relevant, and concisely summarize the need for the research study.

2. Examine the terminology, current researchers, relevance, and challenges that the topic brings to the field. This paper should include a completed literature review, (see below).

Note: You cannot use word-for-word Therefore, you need to use that information in a new format—a final paper. Your resources and the information you have gathered will support this paper, but this final paper constitutes more than just a literature review or a critique of sources. You need to synthesize this material coherently to complete this final paper.

1. Consider information on diverse groups, ethical and legal issues, and refutations of your material in relation to the question you are proposing.
2. Provide a specific, concise statement of your research topic, spelling out the question or questions that you expect it to answer.
3. In your conclusion, explain how the results of this research will add to the current body of knowledge, revise an existing study, or propose a study for the future. Be specific about the question or question it will answer that other studies have not—what is often referred to as the gap in knowledge.
4. Describe the stakeholders who might be most interested in learning about this topic for research, and explain why they would be interested. This step is often referred to as “justifying the importance” of the topic.