Is Dual-Task Training Clinically Beneficial to Improve Balance and Executive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with a History of Falls?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Subjects
2.3. Intervention
2.4. Measurement
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Subject’s Characteristics
3.2. Balance
3.3. Executive Function
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Programs | Contents | Periods (Minute) |
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Warm-up |
| 5 |
Dual-task training contents |
| 10 |
| 10 | |
| 10 | |
| 10 |
Programs | Contents | Periods (Minute) |
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Warm-up |
| 5 |
Functional balance training contents |
| 10 |
| 10 | |
| 10 | |
| 10 |
Characteristics | Dual-Task Group (n = 29) | Balance Training Group (n = 29) | χ2/t |
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Age, years (SD) | 71.76 ± 3.14 | 70.97 ± 2.78 | 1.022 |
Height (cm) | 158.61 ± 3.83 | 157.86 ± 4.07 | 0.670 |
Weight (kg) | 61.70 ± 3.82 | 61.62 ± 3.47 | 0.602 |
K-MMSE | 27.86 ± 1.24 | 28.03 ± 1.18 | −0.540 |
Variables | Dual-Task Group (n = 29) | Balance Training Group (n = 29) | Between-Group Differences | p | η2 |
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OLST (seconds) | |||||
Pre-intervention | 3.50 ± 0.48 | 3.47 ± 0.45 | 1.97 (1.22 to 2.71) | <0.001 | 0.332 *** |
Post-intervention | 7.52 ± 1.57 | 5.25 ± 1.57 | |||
Within-group changes | 3.74 (3.19 to 4.29) | 1.77 (1.25 to 2.30) | |||
TUG test (seconds) | |||||
Pre-intervention | 13.81 ± 1.41 | 14.11 ± 1.48 | 1.64 (1.08 to 2.20) | <0.001 | 0.375 *** |
Post-intervention | 10.63 ± 1.11 | 12.57 ± 1.54 | |||
Within-group changes | 3.74 (3.19 to 4.29) | 1.54 (1.25 to 1.82) |
Variables | Dual-Task Group (n = 29) | Balance Training Group (n = 29) | Between-Group Differences | p | η2 |
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TMT-B (seconds) | |||||
Pre-intervention | 89.98 ± 9.78 | 89.07 ± 10.82 | 1.55 (0.78 to 2.31) | <0.001 | 0.224 *** |
Post-intervention | 87.65 ± 10.00 | 88.29 ± 10.83 | |||
Within-group changes | 2.33 (1.64 to 3.02) | 0.78 (0.39 to 1.17) |
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Park, J.-H. Is Dual-Task Training Clinically Beneficial to Improve Balance and Executive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with a History of Falls? Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 10198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610198
Park J-H. Is Dual-Task Training Clinically Beneficial to Improve Balance and Executive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with a History of Falls? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):10198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610198
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Jin-Hyuck. 2022. "Is Dual-Task Training Clinically Beneficial to Improve Balance and Executive Function in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with a History of Falls?" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 10198. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191610198