A framework for secondary cognitive and motor tasks in dual-task gait testing in people with mild cognitive impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognition is a key factor in the regulation of normal walking and dual-task gait assessment is an accepted method to evaluate the relationship. The objective of this study was to create a framework for task complexity of concurrent motor and cognitive tasks with gait in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

Methods

Community-dwelling people with MCI (n = 41, mean age = 76.20 ± 7.65 years) and cognitively normal controls (n = 41, mean age = 72.10 ± 3.80 years) participated in this study. Gait velocity was collected using an instrumented walkway under one single task and six combined tasks of motor and cognitive activities. The cognitive cost was the difference between the single gait task and each of the concurrent motor and cognitive challenges. A repeated

SUBMITTER: Hunter SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6122701 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature