Dual tasking interferes with dynamic balance in young and old healthy adults

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dc.contributor.authorSulaiman, Amal Al-Shaikhen
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Marieen
dc.contributor.authorO’Connor, Maireaden
dc.contributor.authorBamiou, Doris-Evaen
dc.contributor.authorPavlou, Marousaen
dc.contributor.funderMénière’s Society, UKen
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-23T12:43:16Z
dc.date.available2024-10-23T12:43:16Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-11en
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Functional mobility requires an ability to adapt to environmental factors together with an ability to execute a secondary task simultaneously while walking. A complex dual-tasking gait test may provide an indication of functional ability and falls risk among community-dwelling older adults. PURPOSE: The aim of this cross-sectional study is to investigate age-related differences in dual-tasking ability and to evaluate whether dual-tasking ability is related to executive function. METHODS: Forty-one community-dwelling healthy older and forty-one younger adults completed a dual-tasking assessment in which concurrent tasks were incorporated into the Functional Gait Assessment (FGA). The manual dual-task involved carrying a glass of water (FGA-M) while the cognitive dual-tasks involved numeracy (FGA-N) and literacy (FGA-L) related tasks. FGA scores under single (FGA-S) and dual-task conditions together with associated dual-task costs and response accuracy were determined. Executive function was assessed using The Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS). RESULTS: FGA-N and FGA-L scores were adversely affected in both groups compared to FGA-S (p≤0.001). However, score reductions and dual-task costs were significantly greater for older adults compared to younger adults on FGA-N (p≤0.05) and FGA-L (p≤0.001), with older adult performance on FGA-N associated with falls risk (p≤0.05). Executive function did not appear to be related to dual-tasking ability. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that cognitively demanding tasks while walking, have a deleterious effect on dynamic balance and could place older adults at a greater risk of falls.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationSulaiman, A. A. S., Kelly, M., O’Connor, M., Bamiou, D. E. and Pavlou, M. (2020) 'Dual tasking interferes with dynamic balance in young and old healthy adults', Physiotherapy Practice and Research, 41(2), pp.155-162. https://doi.org/10.3233/PPR-190394en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3233/PPR-190394en
dc.identifier.eissn2213-0691en
dc.identifier.endpage162en
dc.identifier.issn2213-0683en
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhysiotherapy Practice and Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage155en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16597
dc.identifier.volume41en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherIOS Pressen
dc.rights© 2021, IOS Press. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Physiotherapy Practice and Research, 41(2). https://doi.org/10.3233/PPR-190394en
dc.subjectDual-tasken
dc.subjectDynamic balanceen
dc.subjectGaiten
dc.subjectAgingen
dc.subjectExecutive functionen
dc.titleDual tasking interferes with dynamic balance in young and old healthy adultsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.issue2en
oaire.citation.volume41en
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