Ecological dual task and its impact on the functional mobility of the elderly

Authors

  • Regiane Luz Carvalho Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2948-8903
  • Vinícius Batalini Rodrigues Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE
  • Laura Rezende Franco Centro Universitário das Faculdades Associadas de Ensino - UNIFAE
  • Vanessa Vilas Boas Faculdade de Educação Física, Unicamp - FEF/UNICAMP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v26i2a164367

Keywords:

Postural Balance, Locomotion, Task Performance and Analysis, Walking Speed, Cell Phone, Aged

Abstract

The mobile phone has been part of daily activities and offers various facilities for the elderly. Like other conveniences of modern life their use may have some effects that should be explored. Objective: To investigate the effect of cell phones on the functional mobility of adults (GA) and the elderly (GI). Method: 30 elderly, 70.96 ± 5.17 years old and 30 adults 23 ± 2.26 years old participated in this study. They were evaluated by MMSE, FES-I and TUG which was collected during the execution of 5 tasks (1 simple TUG, 2 TUG typing on the cell phone, 3 TUG answering questions on the cell phone, 4 TUG naming the days of the week in reverse, 5-TUG holding a glass with water). Results: There was a difference between the groups in FES-I (p = 0.001) and TUG in all analyzed tasks (p = 0.00001). The dual task (DT) of typing on the cell phone was the one that most affected the performance of the elderly in TUG (p = 0.00008) followed by DT 4 (conventional cognitive) p = 0.005 and DT 3 (p = 0.004). There was no effect of DT 5 (motor) (p = 0.03). For GA there was only effect of DT 2 (p = 0.027). Conclusion: Cellular use negatively impacted the performance of the elderly and can be considered a more realistic DT. The distraction generated by this task can increase the risk of falling and should be considered in preventive campaigns as well as rehabilitation programs.

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2019-06-30

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Carvalho RL, Rodrigues VB, Franco LR, Vilas Boas V. Ecological dual task and its impact on the functional mobility of the elderly. Acta Fisiátr. [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];26(2):71-5. Available from: https://periodicos.usp.br/actafisiatrica/article/view/164367