@article{112c76692f5840bc853497d821c1bad0,
title = "Exploring gait-related dual task tests in community-dwelling fallers and non-faller: a pilot study",
abstract = "The best test to assess dual task (DT)-related falls' risk is not known. The aim of this study was to investigate differences between community-dwelling fallers and non-fallers on a variety of simple task combinations. Twenty-seven adults, aged 65 years or older, took part. Forty-eight DT tests and one triple task (TT) test were conducted. Fallers had longer walking time when avoiding a moving obstacle and performing a motor task and longer walking time when triple tasking, as suggested by a measure of proportionate difference between single and DT/TT conditions (p¿=¿0.014 and 0.044, respectively). The absolute difference in accuracy on a visuospatial task suggested that fallers were more accurate than non-fallers when combined with walking with turns and when triple tasking (p¿=¿0.048 and 0.030, respectively). ",
keywords = "gait, falls, dual task tests",
author = "Jennifer Muhaidat and Andrew Kerr and Evans, {Jonathan J.} and Dawn Skelton",
year = "2013",
month = jul,
doi = "10.3109/09593985.2012.752056",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "351--370 ",
journal = "Physiotherapy Theory and Practice",
issn = "0959-3985",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Group",
number = "5",
}