Age-related decrements in dual-task performance: Comparison of different mobility and cognitive tasks. A cross sectional study

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)...

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Published in:PloS one 2017-07, Vol.12 (7), p.e0181698-e0181698
Main Authors: Brustio, Paolo Riccardo, Magistro, Daniele, Zecca, Massimiliano, Rabaglietti, Emanuela, Liubicich, Monica Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adults
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aging
Aging (Biology)
Aging - physiology
Aging - psychology
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Cognition
Cognition - physiology
Cognitive ability
Cognitive tasks
Covariance
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Group dynamics
Humans
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Mobility
Older people
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Posture
Psychomotor Performance - physiology
Regression analysis
Social Sciences
Studies
Subtraction
Task analysis
Task Performance and Analysis
Validity
Walking
Young adults
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Summary: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
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0181698