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The Relationship Between Dual-task Gait Performance, Physical Activity Levels, Sleep and Aging in Healthy Adults

NCT04144647 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-04-24

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Summary

The co-ordination and control of body segments are integral in providing and maintaining postural stability. It is widely accepted that attentional demands for postural control are placed upon the individual, but these vary according to the nature of the task, the age of the individual and their postural stability. It is thought that divided attention (a technique whereby two tasks are performed at the same time whilst rapidly switching attention between the two tasks) is commonly used when multi-tasking. Divided attention may have important clinical implications to falls risk, in that older adults that experience falls have increased difficulty in switching attention between tasks such as walking and talking. Dual tasking paradigms which present postural and cognitive tasks are often used to test attentional demands for posture control and interference between the two tasks. At present it is not known what impact balance confidence, sleep, activity levels or cognitive ability impact on a person's ability to multi-task when performing complex walking tasks that reflect the complexity of mobilising in real-life situations.

Conditions

  • Healthy
  • Adults

Interventions

OTHER

Single testing session

All participants that meet the inclusion criteria, will have to attend the research laboratory at Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, Shepherd's House, Guy's Campus, King's College London, SE1 1UL to be assessed in a single testing session. The testing session will require them to complete some questionnaires regarding balance confidence, psychological state, sleep and physical function and to undertake some simple tests of cognitive function. They will also undertake a brief dynamic balance assessment and the dual-task gait test. The dual-task component involves two cognitive tasks (a numeracy and a literacy task) or auditory task. The gait test will be performed separately and then together with each of two cognitive tasks or auditory task. On the day, after the testing, each participant will, also, be provided a physical activity monitor (accelerometer-AX3) to wear on their wrist for 24 hours a day, seven days a week without taking it off.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Viktoria Azoidou · King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-25
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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