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Trial reportBMC geriatrics2012

A cognitive-motor intervention using a dance video game to enhance foot placement accuracy and gait under dual task conditions in older adults: a randomized controlled trial.

Giuseppe Pichierri, Kurt Murer, Eling D de Bruin

Registry-linked trialAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC geriatrics, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03412708 (The Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy Supported With Virtual Reality on Dizziness and Balance in the Elderly Patients With Dizziness), which is not on this map. Cited by 74 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT03412708 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy Supported With Virtual Reality on Dizziness and Balance in the Elderly Patients With Dizziness

TypeinterventionalSponsorPamukkale UniversityRan2017 to 2018Enrolled32ConditionsDizziness, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Virtual RealityArmsVestibular Rehabilitation supported with Virtual Reality
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Giuseppe PichierriDepartment Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST), Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Kurt Murer
Eling D de Bruin

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundComputer-based interventions have demonstrated consistent positive effects on various physical abilities in older adults. This study aims to compare two training groups that achieve similar amounts of strength and balance exercise where one group receives an intervention that includes additional dance video gaming. The aim is to investigate the different effects of the training programs on physical and psychological parameters in older adults.

methodsThirty-one participants (mean age ± SD: 86.2 ± 4.6 years), residents of two Swiss hostels for the aged, were randomly assigned to either the dance group (n = 15) or the control group (n = 16). The dance group absolved a twelve-week cognitive-motor exercise program twice weekly that comprised progressive strength and balance training supplemented with additional dance video gaming. The control group performed only the strength and balance exercises during this period. Outcome measures were foot placement accuracy, gait performance under single and dual task conditions, and falls efficacy.

resultsAfter the intervention between-group comparison revealed significant differences for gait velocity (U = 26, P = .041, r = .45) and for single support time (U = 24, P = .029, r = .48) during the fast walking dual task condition in favor of the dance group. No significant between-group differences were observed either in the foot placement accuracy test or in falls efficacy.

conclusionsThere was a significant interaction in favor of the dance video game group for improvements in step time. Significant improved fast walking performance under dual task conditions (velocity, double support time, step length) was observed for the dance video game group only. These findings suggest that in older adults a cognitive-motor intervention may result in more improved gait under dual task conditions in comparison to a traditional strength and balance exercise program.

trial registrationThis trial has been registered under ISRCTN05350123 (www.controlled-trials.com)

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Video GamesAgedAged, 80 and overCognitionDancingFemaleFootGaitHumansMaleMotor SkillsPostural BalanceProspective StudiesPsychomotor PerformanceResistance Training

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PMID23241332
PMCPMC3538689

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