Comparing Three Dual-Task Methods and the Relationship to Physical and Cognitive Impairment in People with Multiple Sclerosis and Controls
Table 3
Comparing dual-task cost (DTC) of three DT methods.
MS
Controls
DT ABC
DT 7
DT 3
DT ABC
DT 7
DT 3
Stride length DTC
8.88 ± 7.45
12.69 ± 9.71
8.74 ± 7.61
4.38 ± 10.48
6.42 ± 10.00
5.12 ± 9.95
Stride width DTC
5.83 ± 26.32
−0.34 ± 26.33
6.90 ± 33.08
−19.18 ± 42.53
−32.87 ± 50.61
−24.97 ± 50.66
Double support DTC
−11.70 ± 13.27
−18.89 ± 21.79
−11.89 ± 15.60
−6.93 ± 15.31
−10.86 ± 25.71
−9.35 ± 15.19
Velocity DTC
30.16 ± 20.12
32.18 ± 21.78
31.12 ± 16.04
20.66 ± 21.70
23.98 ± 26.58
20.33 ± 28.14
Cadence DTC
22.31 ± 18.49
23.48 ± 17.53
23.16 ± 14.66
17.41 ± 17.97
19.34 ± 21.12
11.36 ± 21.21
Different from control group (); different from DT 7 in the same group; DT ABC: dual-task while reciting alternate letters of alphabet; DT 7: dual-task while serially subtracting 7’s from 100; DT 3: dual-task while counting, leaving out multiples and numbers including 3; DTC: dual-task cost; values are mean ± standard deviation.
