Effects of Dual Task Prioritization Training on Dual Task Walking in Older People

NCT05367128 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: YM111015F
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 39
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this single-blinded three-armed randomized controlled trial is to investigate the effect of different task prioritization during dual task training on dual task performance.

Conditions

Healthy; Older People

Keywords

Older people; Prioritization strategy; Dual task walking; Dual task walking performance

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Dual task walking performance assessment- speed (m/s)

  Using GaitUp system to evaluate gait speed during cognitive and motor dual task walking

  Change from baseline dual task walking speed and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Dual task walking performance assessment- cadence (steps/min)

  Using GaitUp system to evaluate cadence during cognitive and motor dual task walking

  Change from baseline dual task walking cadence and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Dual task walking performance assessment- stride length variability (CV, %)

  Using GaitUp system to evaluate stride length variability during cognitive and motor dual task walking

  Change from baseline dual task walking stride length variability and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Dual task walking performance assessment- stride time variability (CV, %)

  Using GaitUp system to evaluate stride time variability during cognitive and motor dual task walking

  Change from baseline dual task walking stride time variability and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Rate of dual task cost- gait speed (%)

  Using the dual and single task walking speed to calculate the dual task cost of gait speed

  Change from baseline dual task cost and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Trail Making Test

  Change from baseline Trail Making Test and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Berg Balance Scale

  Change from baseline Berg Balance Scale and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Single task walking performance assessment- speed (m/s)

  Change from baseline single task walking speed and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Single task walking performance assessment- cadence (steps/min)

  Change from baseline single task walking cadence and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

• Single task walking performance assessment- stride length variability (CV, %)

  Change from baseline single task walking stride length variability and up to 6 weeks (pre- and post-test)

Study Arms (3)

Posture-focus group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be instructed to pay most attention to practice the posture task during training

Other: Dual task training

Supraposture-focus group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be instructed to pay most attention to practice the cognitive task during training

Other: Dual task training

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will not be receive any instruction to prioritize either task

Other: Dual task training

Interventions

Dual task training OTHER

All participants will receive cognitive dual task training for 30 min/session, 2-3 sessions/week for 4-6 weeks (a total of 12 sessions). The cognitive dual task training includes 15 min of cognitive task combining with standing task and 15 min of cognitive task combining with walking task. The differences among group are the instructions of task prioritization given by the therapist

Control group; Posture-focus group; Supraposture-focus group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age ≥ 65 years old
• MMSE scores \> 24

You may not qualify if:

• Unstable health conditions
• Any neurological, psychological disease or diagnosis of learning disability which interferes the participation in this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Taipei, 112, Taiwan

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Ray-Yau Wang, PhD

  National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ray-Yau Wang, PhD

CONTACT

+886-2-2826-7210; rywang@nycu.edu.tw

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 12, 2022
• First Posted: May 10, 2022
• Study Start: July 25, 2022
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2023
• Last Updated: September 28, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)