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Dual-task-related gait changes in the elderly: Does the type of cognitive task matter?

Beauchet, O.
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Aminian, K.  
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Gonthier, R.
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2005
Journal of Motor Behavior

Dual-task-related gait changes among older adults while they perform spoken verbal tasks have been reported frequently. The authors examined whether the type of walking-associated spoken verbal task matters for dual-task-related gait changes in 16 older adults classified as transitionally frail. Mean stride time increased significantly when they walked and performed an arithmetic or a verbal fluency task compared with when they only walked (p < .001), whereas the coefficients of variation increased significantly only when they walked and performed the arithmetic task (p = .005) but not the verbal fluency task (p = .134). Those findings suggest that stride time variability under a dual-task condition depends on the type of walking-associated spoken verbal task.

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research article
Author(s)
Beauchet, O.
Aminian, K.  
Gonthier, R.
Kressig, R. W.
Date Issued

2005

Published in
Journal of Motor Behavior
Volume

37

Issue

4

Start page

259

End page

264

Subjects

dual-task-related gait changes

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frailty

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older adults

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stride time

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variability

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OLDER-ADULTS

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FALLS

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PEOPLE

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WOMEN

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FRAIL

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RISK

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November 30, 2006
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