@article{ref1,
title="Do motor-cognitive and motor-motor dual task training effect differently balance performance in older adults?",
journal="European geriatric medicine",
year="2021",
author="Kaya Mutlu, Ebru and Taskiran, Hanifegul and Senel, Aybike and Akin, Hayrunnisa",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PURPOSE: 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. <br><br>METHODS: 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 the 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 both hands near the trunk  with 90° flexion of elbow 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 the Hand-held dynamometer were  used, respectively. <br><br>RESULTS: The results of our study showed that 8-week mCdtt and  mMdtt program did not differ in balance fear of falling, walking functionality and  muscle strength in older adults, although both trainings had improved balance  ability. <br><br>CONCLUSION: It can be interpreted that both training programs can be  suggested to enhance abovementioned parameters in older adults. Further studies are  needed to elucidate the difference of clinical outcomes between the mCdtt and mMdtt  program in older adults. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT04577092. DATE OF  REGISTRATION: 09/30/2020 &quot;Retrospectively registered&quot;.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1878-7649",
doi="10.1007/s41999-020-00434-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41999-020-00434-8"
}