Dual tasking interferes with dynamic balance in young and old healthy adults
dc.contributor.author | Sulaiman, Amal Al-Shaikh | en |
dc.contributor.author | Kelly, Marie | en |
dc.contributor.author | O’Connor, Mairead | en |
dc.contributor.author | Bamiou, Doris-Eva | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlou, Marousa | en |
dc.contributor.funder | Ménière’s Society, UK | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-23T12:43:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-10-23T12:43:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-11 | en |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: 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.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Sulaiman, 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-190394 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3233/PPR-190394 | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2213-0691 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 162 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2213-0683 | en |
dc.identifier.issued | 2 | en |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | Physiotherapy Practice and Research | en |
dc.identifier.startpage | 155 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/16597 | |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | IOS Press | en |
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-190394 | en |
dc.subject | Dual-task | en |
dc.subject | Dynamic balance | en |
dc.subject | Gait | en |
dc.subject | Aging | en |
dc.subject | Executive function | en |
dc.title | Dual tasking interferes with dynamic balance in young and old healthy adults | en |
dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
oaire.citation.issue | 2 | en |
oaire.citation.volume | 41 | en |
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