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Cognitive Training and Dual-task Ability in Older Adults
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Balance rehabilitation + dual-tasking, Standard balance rehabilitation, and 2 other interventions for Gait Disorder. Completed, enrolled 34 participants across 2 sites.
Detailed 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.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
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
Standard balance rehabilitation will involve a structured framework of balance activities that require increasing levels of complexity and multimodal stimuli and response demands.
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.
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.