TABLE 3.
Dual Task Effects in Motor and Cognitive Tasks.
| DTE |
O |
+ |
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| Motor Task | Healthy | Stroke | p-value† | Healthy | Stroke | p-value† | |||
| Speed (cm/sec) | Dual task | S7 | −16.1 ± 17.4 | −4.9 ± 17.1 | 0.213 | −10.1 ± 14.3 | −6.9 ± 17.0 | 0.678 | |
| COWAT | −18.8 ± 19.8 | −8.4 ± 14.3 | 0.261 | −13.0 ± 19.5 | −0.1 ± 15.9 | 0.173 | |||
| p-value | 0.786 | 0.708 | − | 0.527 | 0.153 | – | |||
| Accuracy (%) | Dual task | S7 | −0.3 ± 3.4 | −7.8 ± 9.0† | 0.034 | 0.1 ± 7.1 | −2.5 ± 10.3 | 0.540 | |
| COWAT | −1.6 ± 4.6 | 1.8 ± 8.7* | 0.312 | 3.5 ± 6.0 | −2.1 ± 7.5 | 0.106 | |||
| p-value | 0.120 | 0.028 | – | 0.382 | 0.926 | – | |||
| Cognitive Task |
Serial 7 |
COWAT |
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| Healthy | Stroke | Healthy | Stroke | ||||||
| Speed (answers/min) | Dual task | O | 11.0 ± 18.4 | −9.3 ± 14.2† | 0.032 | −13.4 ± 30.1 | 3.0 ± 22.6 | 0.246 | |
| + | −12.3 ± 21.0* | −16.8 ± 23.8 | 0.684 | −7.8 ± 20.9 | −2.0 ± 25.5 | 0.611 | |||
| p-value | 0.039 | 0.280 | − | 0.597 | 0.286 | – | |||
| Accuracy (%) | Dual task | O | 12.9 ± 36.3 | −6.4 ± 18.0 | 0.228 | 7.5 ± 27.8 | −4.3 ± 23.3 | 0.372 | |
| + | −17.6 ± 19.7* | −19.7 ± 18.7 | 0.832 | −1.9 ± 27.8 | −0.1 ± 25.6 | 0.896 | |||
| p-value | 0.046 | 0.109 | – | 0.384 | 0.412 | – | |||
S7 denotes “Serial 7” cognitive task. COWAT denotes; O denotes a motor task with circle shape movement track. +, denotes a motor task with cross-shaped movement track; Bold, significant p-value (p < 0.05). ∗p-value by paired t-test between single and dual task results. †p-value by student’s t-test between stroke and control.