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Dual-task training

Compared in the reviewR5 · 22 full-text papers, 16 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Requirements it fills

No extraction row pairs this option with a requirement, so it is not filed under a slot. Its rows name several practices at once without saying which fills what.

How it is performed
  • Participants perform an attention-demanding task while walking. Participants walk while throwing and catching a ball or performing mental arithmetic.

    M. Montero‐Odasso, J. Verghese, O. Beauchet, Jeffrey M. Hausdorff (2012) · Journal of The American Geriatrics Society · 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04209.x
    Gait and Cognition: A Complementary Approach to Understanding Brain Function and the Risk of Falling
  • Includes a variety of DTs with balance or walking performance.

    Bettina Wollesen, C. Voelcker-Rehage (2014) · European Review of Aging and Physical Activity · 10.1007/s11556-013-0122-z
    Training effects on motor–cognitive dual-task performance in older adults
  • Involves maintaining postural control or walking speed while performing a secondary task like counting backwards or carrying an item.

    T. Shubert (2011) · Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy · 10.1519/JPT.0b013e31822938ac
    Evidence-Based Exercise Prescription for Balance and Falls Prevention: A Current Review of the Literature
  • View the screen while performing a modified Stroop task.

    Itshak Melzer, L. Oddsson (2013) · Clinical Rehabilitation · 10.1177/0269215512450295
    Improving balance control and self-reported lower extremity function in community-dwelling older adults: a randomized control trial
  • Include simple and complex tasks like walking while conversing or performing motor-motor tasks

    T. Shubert, K. McCulloch, M. Hartman, C. Giuliani (2010) · Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy · 10.1097/JPT.0b013e3181ff22f5
    The Effect of an Exercise-Based Balance Intervention on Physical and Cognitive Performance for Older Adults: A Pilot Study
Dose

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Dose and time, as the papers state it

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Equipment

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Level and prerequisites

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Progression and regression

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Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

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What the papers compared it with

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.

Dual-task training