@article{ref1,
title="Gait in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in a dual-task paradigm",
journal="Frontiers in psychology",
year="2017",
author="Manicolo, Olivia and Grob, Alexander and Hagmann-von Arx, Priska",
volume="8",
number="",
pages="e34-e34",
abstract="The aim was to examine gait in school-aged children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and typically developing controls in a dual-task paradigm. Thirty children with ADHD (without or off medication) aged 7-13 years and 28 controls walked without an additional task (single-task walking) and while performing a concurrent cognitive or motor task (dual-task walking). Gait was assessed using GAITRite recordings of spatiotemporal and variability gait parameters. Compared to single-task walking, dual-tasking significantly altered walking performance of children with and without ADHD, whereby dual-task effects on gait were not different between the two groups. For both children with ADHD and controls the motor concurrent task had a stronger effect on gait than the cognitive concurrent task. Gait in children with and without ADHD is affected in a dual-task paradigm indicating that walking requires executive functions. Future investigations of children's dual-task walking should account for the type of concurrent tasks.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-1078",
doi="10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00034",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00034"
}