Table 2.
First author | Population (n= number of participants; age in years ± SD) | Experimental protocol | ||
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Behavioural task | Conditions | Study design Number of blocks; block duration |
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Atsumori et al. 2010 | - Healthy young adults (n=6; 29.7 ± 3.3) | - NW - DTW + attention demanding task |
- Rest - Control (NW) - Task |
- 1 block; 20 s. - 6 blocks; 10 s. - 5 blocks; 10 s. |
Balardin et al. 2017 | - Healthy young adults (n=1; 30) | - Playing table tennis |
- Rest - Forehand - Predictable - Unpredictable |
- 10 blocks; 30 s. - 10 blocks; 20 s. - 10 blocks; 20 s. - 10 blocks; 20 s. |
- Healthy young adults (n=1; 26) | - Continuous monitoring in everyday life | - Everyday life activities | - Continuous; 4 h. | |
Doi et al. 2013 | - MCI old adults (n=16; 75.4 ± 7.2) | - NW - DTW + verbal letter fluency task |
- Pre-task rest - Task - Rest |
- 3 blocks; 10 s. - 3 blocks; 20 s. - 3 blocks; 30 s. |
Maidan et al. 2016 | - Old adults with Parkinson’s Disease (n=68; 71.6 ± 0.9); - Healthy old adults (n=28; 70.4 ± 0.9) | - NW - DTW + serial subtraction - DTW + negotiating obstacles |
- Rest - Task |
- 5 blocks; 20 s. - 5 blocks; 30 s. |
McKendrick et al. 2016 | - Healthy young adults (n=20; 18-29) | - DTW + auditory 1 -back task - DTW + scenery probe |
- Rest - Task |
- 47 blocks; minimum 15 s. - 37 blocks; 60 s. - 10 blocks; 30 s. |
McKendrick et al. 2017 | - Healthy young adults (n=13; mean=22; range 19-31) | - Sitting + auditory 1- back task - DTW indoor + auditory 1-back task - DTW outdoor + auditory 1-back task |
- Task | - 4 blocks; 120 s. - 2 blocks: 120 s. - 2 blocks, 120 s. |
Mirelaman et al. 2014 | - Healthy young adults (n=23; 30.9 ± 3.7) | - NW - DTW + counting forward - DTW + serial subtraction - Standing + serial subtraction |
- Rest - Task |
- 6 blocks; 20 s. - 5 blocks; 30 s/30 m. |
Nieuwhof et al. 2016 | - Old adults with Parkinson’s Disease (n=12; 70.1 ± 5.4) | - DTW + counting forward - DTW + serial subtraction - DTW + reciting digit span |
- Rest - Task |
- 6 blocks; 20 s. - 5 blocks; 40 s. |
Pinti et al. 2015 | - Healthy young adults (n=1; 24) | - DTW + ongoing task - DTW + PM |
- Rest - Ongoing task - Non-social PM task - Social PM task |
- 2 blocks; 60 s. - 2 blocks; ~5 min. - 1 block; ~5 min. - 1 block; ~5 min. |
Takeuchi et al. 2016 | - Healthy young adults (n=16; 25.9 ± 4.4) - Healthy old adults (n=15; 71.7 ± 3.3) | - DTW + playing Touch the numbers | - Rest - Task |
- 6 blocks; 30 s. - 15 blocks; 10 s. |
Note. Abbreviations: NW = Normal walking; DTW = Dual-task walking; MCI = Mild cognitive impairment; PM = Prospective memory.