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Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2012

The effect of a cognitive-motor intervention on voluntary step execution under single and dual task conditions in older adults: a randomized controlled pilot study.

Giuseppe Pichierri, Amos Coppe, Silvio Lorenzetti, Kurt Murer, Eling D de Bruin

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Giuseppe PichierriInstitute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. giuseppe.pichierri@hest.ethz.ch
Amos Coppe
Silvio Lorenzetti
Kurt Murer
Eling D de Bruin

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis randomized controlled pilot study aimed to explore whether a cognitive-motor exercise program that combines traditional physical exercise with dance video gaming can improve the voluntary stepping responses of older adults under attention demanding dual task conditions.

methodsElderly subjects received twice weekly cognitive-motor exercise that included progressive strength and balance training supplemented by dance video gaming for 12 weeks (intervention group). The control group received no specific intervention. Voluntary step execution under single and dual task conditions was recorded at baseline and post intervention (Week 12).

resultsAfter intervention between-group comparison revealed significant differences for initiation time of forward steps under dual task conditions (U = 9, P = 0.034, r = 0.55) and backward steps under dual task conditions (U = 10, P = 0.045, r = 0.52) in favor of the intervention group, showing altered stepping levels in the intervention group compared to the control group.

conclusionA cognitive-motor intervention based on strength and balance exercises with additional dance video gaming is able to improve voluntary step execution under both single and dual task conditions in older adults.

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CognitionAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAttentionDancingExercise TherapyFeasibility StudiesFemaleGaitHumansMaleMemory, EpisodicPilot ProjectsPostural BalanceResistance Trainingdanceexercisefall preventionvideo game

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PMID22865999
PMCPMC3410679

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