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The Dual-task Training Under Different Priority Instructions on Gait Speed in Community-dwelling Older Adults

NCT03886805 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-07-21

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Summary

This study analyzed the effect of different modalities of dual-task training in the improvement of gait biomechanics, postural balance, falls episodes, executive functioning, and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults. Half of the participants have undertaken a dual-task protocol training with progression from variable-priority to fixed-priority instructions, while the other half have undertaken a dual-task protocol training under variable-priority instructions.

Conditions

  • Gait
  • Postural Balance

Interventions

OTHER

Dual task with variable- and fixed-priority instructions

The participants were asked to perform dual-task activities focused, interchangeable or simultaneously, on balance (motor tasks) and on cognitive tasks performance, according to the instructional priority established by the physical therapist.

OTHER

Dual-task with variable-priority instructions

The participants were asked to spend half the session focused on balance (motor tasks) and half the session focused on cognitive tasks performance, according to the instructional priority established by the physical therapist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Pernambuco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Francis T de Souza, PhD · University of Pernambuco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-04-30
Primary Completion
2020-03-05
Completion
2020-03-05

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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