@article{ref1,
title="The effect of dual task and executive training on pattern of gait in older adults with balance impairment: a randomized controlled trial",
journal="Archives of gerontology and geriatrics",
year="2015",
author="Azadian, Elaheh and Torbati, Hamid Reza Taheri and Kakhki, Ali Reza Saberi and Farahpour, Nader",
volume="62",
number="",
pages="83-89",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two different approaches of dual-task training and executive training on pattern of gait in older adults with balance impairment. <br><br>METHODS: Thirty older adults with the mean age of 73.8 participated in the study. They scored 52 or less on the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and walked with a self-selected gait speed of 1.1m/s or less. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the three groups: experimental group one (cognitive dual-task (CDT) training) that focused on gait performance under dual task condition; experimental group two (executive function (EF) training) who underwent 3 types of training on working memory, inhibition, speed of processing; and a control group. Subjects walked 10m, under single-task and dual-task (DT) conditions where kinematics parameters were recorded. Participants in experimental groups received 45-min training sessions, 3 times a week for 8 weeks. The data obtained was analyzed using repeated measure at a criterion p-value of 0.05. <br><br>RESULTS: The results showed that after training, changes of walking speed, length of stride and step, times of stride, step, single support, and double support, were significant at p<0.05. Asymmetry index in walking with dual task condition increased significantly, but after training asymmetry in DT condition decreased significantly in EF group. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Both training groups showed improvements in gait parameters in the post test compared with that in the control group; however, in EF training group, symmetry of limbs and inter-coordination, improved more than that in CDT group.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0167-4943",
doi="10.1016/j.archger.2015.10.001",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2015.10.001"
}