Dual Task Training for Balance in Older Adults
Condition: Geriatrics
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      Dual task training (DTT) have been showed that have satisfying effects on older adults. The
      aim of this study was to compare the effect of motor-cognitive DTT (mCdtt) and motor-motor
      DTT (mMdtt) on balance, fear of falling, walking functionality and muscle strength in older
      adults. The participants were divided into two groups; who received mCdtt (Group 1) and who
      received mMdtt (Group 2). The intervention program had lasted for 8 weeks.
    

Detailed description: 
      Dual task training (DTT) have been showed that have satisfying effects on older adults. The
      aim of this study is comparing the effect of motor-cognitive DTT (mCdtt) and motor-motor DTT
      (mMdtt) on balance, fear of falling, walking functionality and muscle strength in older
      adults. A total of 50 participants aged 60 and over (mean age: 67.72±7.33 years), having a
      score ≥ 24 on the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE), being in category of walking ability ≥ 4
      according to the Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), having no problem in visual ability
      and hearing were included for this study. The participants who received mCdtt (Group 1)
      counted back from the two-digit number and the participants who received mMdtt (Group 2) held
      half-filled glasses with 90o flexion elbow with both hand while performing exercises. The
      intervention program had lasted for 8 weeks. To assess balance, fear of falling, walking
      functionality and muscle strength of participants, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Falls Efficacy
      Scale International (FES-I), Timed Up and Go (TUG) and Hand-held dynamometer were used,
      respectively.
    

Intervention name(s): Warm-up exercise; Motor-Cognitive exercise; Motor-Motor exercise; Cool-down exercise
Intervention type(s): Other; Other; Other; Other
Intervention description(s): In 10-minute warm up period; neck flexion/extension/side flexion/circumflexion (clockwise and counterclockwise), rounding shoulder back and forth, circumflexion of arm back and forth, side flexion of trunk and rising on the fingertips.; After warm up period; participants had been asked to count back from the two-digit number while performing; in standing position, straight walk, side walk, abduction/flexion/extension of hip and hip and knee flexion; in sitting position, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle dorsi - plantar flexion.; participants had been asked to hold with both hand half-filled glasses with 90 degree of flexion elbow and near the trunk while performing; in standing position, straight walk, side walk, abduction/flexion/extension of hip and hip and knee flexion; in sitting position, hip flexion, knee extension, ankle dorsi - plantar flexion.; In 10-minute cool down period, stretching of quadriceps femoris muscle, hamstring muscle, achill tendon and cervical muscles were performed.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention model description: Randomized controlled study
Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary purpose: Supportive Care