Physical training-related changes in gait variability while single and dual tasking in older adults: magnitude of gait variability at baseline matters.

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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Physical training-related changes in gait variability while single and dual tasking in older adults: magnitude of gait variability at baseline matters.
Journal
European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine
Author(s)
Beauchet O., Launay C., Annweiler C., Fantino B., Allali G., De Decker L.
ISSN
1973-9095 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1973-9087
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/2013
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
49
Number
6
Pages
857-864
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Few studies have examined the effects of physical training programs on gait variability while single and dual tasking, and they reported mixed results. The aim of this study was to compare the stride time variability while single and dual tasking before and after a physical training program developed to improve gait stability in French community-dwelling older adults.
A prospective pre-post interventional cohort study.
The community-dwelling area of "Pays de la Loire", France.
Forty-eight older adults (mean age ± standard deviation 72.2±8 years; 75% female).
Physical training program consisted in 12 sessions scheduled to attend physical exercises 1 time a week with total time duration of 3 months. Coefficient of variation (CoV) of stride time under three walking conditions (i.e., walking alone, walking while backward counting, and while performing a verbal fluency task) was determined while steady-state walking using the SMTEC® footswitches system before and after the physical training program. Participants were separated into two groups based on being or not in the highest tertile (i.e., worst performance with cutpoint >4.4%) of the CoV of stride time while walking alone.
After physical training compared to before period, a significant decrease in CoV of stride time (i.e., better gait performance) while walking alone (2.8±2.8% versus 7±7.1%, P=0.001) but not while dual tasking (P=0.600 for counting backward and P=0.105 for verbal fluency task) was shown in participants who had highest (i.e., worst) gait variability at baseline. In addition, physical training modified the strategy of dual tasking in participants with highest gait variability at baseline compared to the other participants. Before training, a significant decrease in CoV of stride time (7±7.1% versus 4.9±4.6%, P=0.017) while counting backward was shown, but there was a significant increase after training (2.8±2.8% versus 5.4±5.8%, P=0.007).
Physical training reduced gait variability while walking alone in participants with gait instability, and influenced their strategy for dual tasking.
Physical program training developed in the community to improve gait stability should included participants with high gait variability.
Keywords
Aged, Exercise Therapy/methods, Female, France, Gait/physiology, Humans, Male, Physical Education and Training/methods, Prospective Studies, Walking/physiology
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