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

Jaser S. Almutairi, Shady A. Alshewier and Abdulaziz A. Alkathiry
Neurosciences Journal April 2025, 30 (2) 124-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2025.2.20240106
Jaser S. Almutairi
From the Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
PT, MSc
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Shady A. Alshewier
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Abdulaziz A. Alkathiry
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    - The post hoc analysis’s results of perceived difficulty using the Holm-Bonferroni test. D100 - counting backwards, Ds- reverse spelling, Dm- reciting months backwards, Df- verbal fluency, D50- 2-digit determination, DQA-regular conversation, PD- Perceive Difficulty, *- Statistically significant difference at p< 0.05.

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    - Participant’s demographic characteristics.

    CharacteristicsMale (n=13)Female (n=13)Combined (n=26)
    M±SD
    Age32.5±8.926.3±4.229.4±7.5
    Height (cm)171.3±5.4160.9±6.4166.1±7.8
    Weight (Kg)78±7.757±6.667.5±12.7
    BMI26.5±2.522±2.424.3±3.3
    Gait speed, m/s1.1±0.11.0±0.11.1±0.1

    BMI - Body Mass Index, M - Mean, SD - Standard deviation

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      - One-way repeated measures (within-subjects) ANOVA of sway measures.

      Sway measuresdf effectdf errorF statisticP-value
      NPL_AP^2.82870.6961.1120.348
      NPL_ML51252.0160.081
      RMS_AP^2.57164.2751.2470.299
      RMS_ML51251.2430.293

      df- degrees of freedom; NPL- normalized path length; RMS- root mean square; AP- anteroposterior; ML- mediolateral

      • ↵^ - Greenhouse-Geisser correction;

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      - Results of correlation between perceived difficulty and sway using Spearman’s test.

      Spearman’s testPerceived difficulty
      D100D50DfDmDQADs
      Sway      
      NPL_AP-0.048-0.324-0.579**-0.113-0.365-0.438*
      NPL_ML0.032-0.409*0.1500.1590.148-0.284
      RMS_AP0.157-0.256-0.382-0.139-0.244-0.353
      RMS_ML0.034-0.0220.3880.1500.446*0.038

      NPL- normalized path length, RMS- root mean square, AP- anteroposterior, ML- mediolateral, D100- counting backwards by subtracting 3 numbers starting from 100, D50 - listening to specific numbers and determine if they were less or more than 50, Dm - reciting months backwards, DQA - regular conversation containing questions and answers, Ds - backward spelling of five-letter words, Df - verbal fluency by naming items or characteristics that start with a certain letter.

      • ↵* - significant at p<0.05;

      • ↵** - significant at p<0.01,

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