caa a22 4500 606191682 CHVBK 20210128100901.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00391-015-0884-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00391-015-0884-1 Spatiotemporal gait parameters during dual task walking in need of care elderly and young adults [Elektronische Daten] A cross-sectional study [S. Agner, J. Bernet, Y. Brülhart, L. Radlinger, S. Rogan] Raum-Zeit-Gangparameter während Doppelaufgaben bei pflegebedürftigen älteren und jungen Menschen Eine Querschnittstudie Background: Up to now there have only been marginal data in the elderly in need of care regarding spatiotemporal gait parameters during single (ST) and dual tasking (DT). Aim: The aim of this study was to allocate data for gait speed, cadence and stride length cycle variability in the elderly in need of care and in young adults during ST and DT, to compare the two groups and to demonstrate the impact of ST and DT on gait parameters. Material and methods: This cross-sectional study investigated a group of 16 young healthy adults (mean age 23.0 ± 2.5 years) and a group of 16 elderly persons in need of care (mean age 85.5 ± 0.6 years). The RehaWatch® system was used to collect the spatiotemporal gait parameters cadence, speed and stride length. The participants completed four different measurements during normal walking and fast walking during ST and DT over a walking distance of 20m. The Wilcoxon rank sum test and Whitney-U test were used for statistical analysis. Results: Gait speed (ST and DT: p < 0.001), cadence (ST and DT: p < 0.001) and gait variability (ST: p = 0.007, DT: p = 0.003) were significantly reduced in the elderly in need of care group compared to the young group. The gait speed in the elderly in need of care group decreased from normal to fast walking (ST = − 2.8 %, DT = − 12.2 %) compared to the young group (ST = 31.5 %, DT = 25.2 %). Conclusion: The results of this study are comparable with the results of existing studies, which investigated falling and non-falling participants. Elderly people in need of care cannot increase the normal gait speed. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Attention physiology nationallicence Frailty nationallicence Gait parameters nationallicence Cross-sectional study nationallicence Disability evaluation nationallicence Aufmerksamkeitsphysiologie nationallicence Gebrechlichkeit nationallicence Gangparameter nationallicence Querschnittstudie nationallicence Evaluierung von Behinderungen nationallicence Agner S. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut Bernet J. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut Brülhart Y. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut Radlinger L. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut Rogan S. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Springer Berlin Heidelberg 48/8(2015-12-01), 740-746 0948-6704 48:8<740 2015 48 391 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-015-0884-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-015-0884-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Agner S. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bernet J. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brülhart Y. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Radlinger L. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rogan S. Bern University of Applied Sciences, Health, Discipline of Physiotherapy, Murtenstrasse 10, 3008, Bern, Switzerland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Springer Berlin Heidelberg 48/8(2015-12-01), 740-746 0948-6704 48:8<740 2015 48 391