Ranking the difficulty of the cognitive tasks in Dual-Tasks during walking in healthy adults.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 CLINICAL NEUROLOGY

Neurosciences Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI:10.17712/nsj.2025.2.20240106

Jaser S Almutairi, Shady A Alshewier, Abdulaziz A Alkathiry

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Abstract

Objectives: To rank the cognitive tasks commonly used in clinical practices based on their difficulties in healthy adults while walking. Dual tasks have been widely used in clinical settings for different purposes such as detecting early cognitive impairments and identifying fall risk factors among the population of neurological diseases.

Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted from January to March 2021, included a sample of 26 healthy adults who were asked to demonstrate six different cognitive tasks at random while performing a gait speed test. An accelerometer positioned on the lower back at the umbilical level was used to measure participants' sway. After each task, participants rated the task's difficulty using the perceived difficulty scale.

Results: (1) The cognitive tasks showed no significant effect on sway (p> 0.05). (2) A statistically significant effect was observed for the cognitive tasks on perceived difficulty scale rating. (3) Statistically significant correlations were found between the perceived difficulty scale and the acceleration measures.

Conclusion: This study was able to rank the cognitive tasks based on the participants' perceived difficulty scale. Furthermore, significant correlations were identified between the perceived difficulty and the sway measurements.

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健康成人行走过程中双任务认知任务难度排序

目的：对临床实践中常用的认知任务在健康成人行走时的困难程度进行排序。双重任务在临床环境中被广泛用于不同的目的，如检测早期认知障碍和识别神经系统疾病人群中的跌倒危险因素。方法：这项横断面研究于2021年1月至3月进行，包括26名健康成年人的样本，他们被要求在进行步态速度测试时随机展示六种不同的认知任务。一个位于下背部脐水平的加速度计被用来测量参与者的摇摆。每个任务完成后，参与者用感知难度量表对任务的难度进行评分。结果：(1)认知任务对摇摆无显著影响（p < 0.05）。(2)认知任务对感知难度量表评分有显著的影响。(3)感知难度量表与加速测量之间存在显著的统计学相关性。结论：本研究能够根据参与者的感知难度等级对认知任务进行排序。此外，在感知难度和摇摆测量之间发现了显著的相关性。

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Neurosciences 医学-临床神经学

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1.40

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4.5 months

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