Execution and perception of older adults fallers and nonfallers performing dual task: cross-sectional study / Execução e percepção de idosos caidores e não caidores na realização da dupla tarefa: estudo transversal

• Autor(a) principal: Pessoa, Raynara Maritsa Cavalcante
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Silva, Érika Giovana Carvalho da, Silva, Neildja Maria da, Davi, Gisele Kariny de Souza, Marinho, Maria de Fátima Duarte, Araújo, Joyce Freitas de, Alves, Maria Tatiane de Sousa, Lima, Núbia Maria Freire Vieira
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Veras
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.brazilianjournals.com.br/ojs/index.php/BRJD/article/view/13144
• topic: Aging; accidental falls; gait; cognition.

Objective: To describe and compare the execution time and perception of older adults difficulty performing dual-task paradigm. Methods: This study is a cross-sectional. We included 30 older adults individuals aged 60 years or older of both sexes, 12 of whom were fallers and 18 were nonfallers. We excluded older adults with scores less than or equal to 22 on the Leganés Cognitive Test and severe mobility limitations that corresponded to scores lower than 4 on the Functional Ambulation Category scale. The evaluations were performed in a reserved room, in the afternoon shift of a single day, with an average duration of 50 minutes, by a trained examiner.  Results: There was an increase in the execution time of the tests with a dual task condition, except for Time Up And Go test with a motor task when completed by the group of older adults fallers. Conclusions: The addition of motor and cognitive tasks to gait increased the execution time of the tests.