Relationship between dual-task gait speed and walking activity poststroke

Jody A. Feld, Lisa A. Zukowski, Annie G. Howard, Carol A. Giuliani, Lori J.P. Altmann, Bijan Najafi, Prudence Plummer

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Abstract

Background and Purpose-Gait speed does not adequately predict whether stroke survivors will be active in the community. This may be because traditional single-task gait speed does not sufficiently reproduce the demands of walking in the real world. This study assessed whether dual-task gait speed accounts for variance in daily ambulatory activity above what can be predicted with habitual (single task) gait speed in community-dwelling stroke survivors. Methods-Twenty-eight community-dwelling individuals, 58.2 years of age (SD=16.6), 8.9 months poststroke (interquartile range, 3.7-19.4), completed a gait and cognitive task in single- and dual-task conditions. Daily ambulatory activity was captured using a physical activity monitor. A regression analysis examined R 2 changes with single- and dual-task gait speed. Results-Single-task gait speed explained 15.3% of the variance in daily ambulatory activity (P=0.04). Adding dual-task gait speed to the regression model increased the variance explained by an additional 20.6% (P=0.04). Conclusions-Gait speed assessed under attention-demanding conditions may improve explanation of variance in daily ambulatory activity after stroke.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1296-1298
Number of pages3
JournalStroke
Volume49
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Cognition
  • Exercise
  • Gait
  • Humans
  • Stroke

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Clinical Neurology
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Advanced and Specialized Nursing

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