This cross-sectional study investigated the age-related differences in dual-task performance both in mobility and cognitive tasks and the additive dual-task costs in a sample of older, middle-aged and young adults. 74 older adults (M = 72.63±5.57 years), 58 middle-aged adults (M = 46.69±4.68 years) and 63 young adults (M = 25.34±3.00 years) participated in the study. Participants performed different mobility and subtraction tasks under both single- and dual-task conditions. Linear regressions, repeated-measures and one-way analyses of covariance were used, The results showed: significant effects of the age on the dual and mobility tasks (p<0.05) and differences among the age-groups in the combined dual-task costs (p<0.05); significant decreases in mobility performance under dual-task conditions in all groups (p<0.05) and a decrease in cognitive performance in the older group (p<0.05). Dual-task activity affected mobility and cognitive performance, especially in older adults who showed a higher dual-task cost, suggesting that dual-tasks activities are affected by the age and consequently also mobility and cognitive tasks are negatively influenced.
Titolo: | Age-related decrements in dual-task performance: Comparison of different mobility and cognitive tasks. A cross sectional study | |
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Autori: | Brustio, Paolo Riccardo; Magistro, Daniele; Zecca, M.; Rabaglietti, Emanuela; Liubicich, Monica Emma | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 | |
Abstract: | This cross-sectional study investigated the age-related differences in dual-task performance both in mobility and cognitive tasks and the additive dual-task costs in a sample of older, middle-aged and young adults. 74 older adults (M = 72.63±5.57 years), 58 middle-aged adults (M = 46.69±4.68 years) and 63 young adults (M = 25.34±3.00 years) participated in the study. Participants performed different mobility and subtraction tasks under both single- and dual-task conditions. Linear regressions, repeated-measures and one-way analyses of covariance were used, The results showed: significant effects of the age on the dual and mobility tasks (p<0.05) and differences among the age-groups in the combined dual-task costs (p<0.05); significant decreases in mobility performance under dual-task conditions in all groups (p<0.05) and a decrease in cognitive performance in the older group (p<0.05). Dual-task activity affected mobility and cognitive performance, especially in older adults who showed a higher dual-task cost, suggesting that dual-tasks activities are affected by the age and consequently also mobility and cognitive tasks are negatively influenced. | |
Volume: | 12 | |
Fascicolo: | 7 | |
Pagina iniziale: | 1 | |
Pagina finale: | 15 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1371/journal.pone.0181698 | |
URL: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181698 | |
Parole Chiave: | adult, analysis of covariance, cognition, cross-sectional study, dual-task performance (test), female, human, linear regression analysis, major clinical study, male, middle aged, young adult, age, aged, aging, cognition, comparative study, cross-sectional study, physiology, psychology, psychomotor performance, task performance | |
Rivista: | PLOS ONE | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03A-Articolo su Rivista |
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