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Cognitive Training and Dual-task Ability

NCT01895608 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 34

Last updated 2017-06-19

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Summary

The first goal of this study is to examine the extent to which the inclusion of dual-task practice to standard balance rehabilitation results in greater benefits to dual-task ability. The second goal of this study is to examine the extent to which the addition of cognitive training following balance rehabilitation results in greater benefits to dual-task ability.

Conditions

  • Gait Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Balance rehabilitation + dual-tasking

Balance rehabilitation will involve a structured framework of balance activities that require increasing levels of complexity and multimodal stimuli and response demands with the addition of cognitive tasks, (e.g., counting backwards or reciting lists) to be added when the participant

BEHAVIORAL

Standard balance rehabilitation

Standard balance rehabilitation will involve a structured framework of balance activities that require increasing levels of complexity and multimodal stimuli and response demands.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training (speed of processing)

Speed of processing cognitive training involves systematically increasing the complexity of visual tasks. Task demands are increased by reducing stimulus duration, adding visual or auditory distractors, increasing number of concurrent tasks or increasing the visual field.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive training (general cognition)

General cognitive training involves systematic training of 14 key cognitive abilities, including visual scanning, response time, eye-hand coordination, spatial perception, and working memory. Initial starting point is determined by the software using baseline evaluation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Courtney D Hall, PhD PT · Mountain Home VA Medical Center James H. Quillen VA Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2015-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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