Development and Evaluation of a Home-Based Dual-Task Training Program to Improve Balance Performance for Older Adults

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

60

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

October 31, 2014

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2015

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2015

Conditions
ElderlyAged
Interventions
OTHER

Balance exercise

Balance activities, using a task-oriented approach, progress participants from body stability, to body stability plus hand manipulation, then body transport, and finally body transport plus hand manipulation.

OTHER

Cognitive training

Cognitive training involves executive function, attention, and working memory. Examples of cognitive training include finding the exit to a maze, calculation, visual-spatial skills, Sudoku, Stroop color-word task, word search, spot the differences, visual discrimination, and memory scanning skills.

OTHER

Dual-task cognitive-cognitive training

The Dual-task cognitive-cognitive training involves applying two cognitive tasks at the same time.

Trial Locations (1)

50200

Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Sripoom

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Chiang Mai University

OTHER

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