Performance of older adults under dual task during stair descent.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stair walking, especially in dual-task conditions, is a challenging daily routine for older adults. The purpose of this study is to investigate gait and postural control and explore the possible reasons for the fall risk encountered by healthy older adults under dual-task conditions during stair descent.

Methods

Thirty healthy older female adults (aged 67 ± 1 years, standing height of 1.64 ± 0.17 m, body mass of 66.01 ± 4.27 kg, and education of 8.92 ± 0.95 years) were randomly recruited from local communities and instructed to perform stair descent in a step-by-step manner on a standardized staircase under single-task (stair descent) and dual-task (stair descent with subtraction in series of three) conditions. Multivariate analysis of variance with repeated measu

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6323185 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature