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Dual task interference while walking in chronic stroke survivors

  • Shin, Joon-Ho (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Choi, Hyun (Department of Clinical Research for Rehabilitation, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Lee, Jung Ah (Department of Clinical Research for Rehabilitation, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Eun, Seon-deok (Department of Clinical Research for Rehabilitation, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Koo, Dohoon (Department of Rehabilitation Policy and Standardization, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Kim, JaeHo (Department of Rehabilitative & Assistive Technology, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Lee, Sol (Department of Rehabilitation Policy and Standardization, National Rehabilitation Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center) ;
  • Cho, KiHun (Department of Physical Therapy, Uiduk University)
  • Received : 2017.08.27
  • Accepted : 2017.09.13
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

Objective: Dual-task interference is defined as decrements in performance observed when people attempt to perform two tasks concurrently, such as a verbal task and walking. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of gait ability according to the dual task interference in chronic stroke survivors. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Ten chronic stroke survivors (9 male, 1 female; mean age, 55.30 years; mini mental state examination, 19.60; onset duration, 56.90 months) recruited from the local community participated in this study. Gait ability (velocity, paretic side step, and stride time and length) under the single- and dual-task conditions at a self-selected comfortable walking speed was measured using the motion analysis system. In the dual task conditions, subjects performed three types of cognitive tasks (controlled oral word association test, auditory clock test, and counting backwards) while walking on the track. Results: For velocity, step and stride length, there was a significant decrease in the dual-task walking condition compared to the single walking condition (p<0.05). In particular, higher reduction of walking ability was observed when applying the counting backward task. Conclusions: Our results revealed that the addition of cognitive tasks while walking may lead to decrements of gait ability in stroke survivors. In particular, the difficulty level was the highest for the calculating task. We believe that these results provide basic information for improvements in gait ability and may be useful in gait training to prevent falls after a stroke incident.

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