The influence of cognitive-emotional tasks as autobiographical memory recollection and future projections during walking on walking characteristics in the elderly: 12th World Congress of the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Paris. 8-12 July 2018

G. Dagan Barda, M. Kafri, A. Mendelsohn

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Abstract

Introduction/Background Dual-task (DT) studies have demonstrated that performing a secondary cognitive task alters gait. However, the tasks employed in these studies are typically of low ecological relevance, and have not emphasized a possible impact of emotional processing on gait parameters. The current work aim was to examine whether gait in old individuals is influenced by simultaneously preforming cognitive-emotional tasks of retrieving autobiographical memories (AM) or imagining future projections (FP), in a dual-task (DT) paradigm. Our working hypothesis was that similar to lab-based cognitive tasks, naturalistic, emotion-evoking processes may lead to alterations in gait execution. Material and method Twenty-four old adults were instructed to recollect AM and FP, in response to cue words that were chosen in preliminary interviews to be personally relevant. A single-task condition (ST) served as baseline and a cognitive verbal fluency task (VF) as an active control. Emotional responses to the tasks were subjectively rated using the Self-Assessment Manikin (SAM) scale, the autonomic-system activity was monitored using the MindWare Impedance Cardiograph, and gait was measured using the APDM's Mobility Lab™. Results AM and FP increased emotional valence relative to ST (P
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e338-e339
JournalAnnals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume61
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Keywords

  • Dual-tasking
  • Gait
  • Emotion

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