Feasibility of Dual-Task Gait Training for Community-Dwelling Adults after Stroke: A Case Series

Table 5

Absolute (gait speed, m/s) changes in gait speed for each participant at pre, mid, post intervention and 1-month follow up; and relative (dual-task effects, %) pre and post intervention. NT indicates not tested.

	Single task	Dual Stroop		Dual clock		Dual speech		Dual coin
Participant 1
Pre	0.77	0.67	(−13.7%)	0.66	(−14.8%)	0.64	(−17.0%)	0.57	(−26.1%)
Mid	0.74	0.69		0.72		0.66		0.65
Post	0.75	0.69	(−7.3%)	0.69	(−8.1%)	0.68	(−8.8%)	0.58	(−22.6%)
Follow up	0.83	0.79		0.71		0.69		0.69
Participant 2
Pre	0.68	0.62	(−8.2%)	0.64	(−6.6%)	0.69	(+1.8%)	NT
Mid	0.77	0.78		0.75		0.71
Post	0.70	0.69	(−2.3%)	0.61	(−13.0%)	0.68	(−3.3%)
Follow up	0.83	0.75		0.68		0.76
Participant 3
Pre	0.58	0.51	(−12.2%)	0.51	(−12.6%)	0.49	(−15.7%)	NT
Mid	0.61	0.62		0.52		0.52
Post	0.66	0.49	(−25.8%)	0.50	(−24.3%)	0.56	(−16.0%)
Follow up	0.57	0.55		0.51		0.56
Participant 4
Pre	0.90	0.77	(−14.2%)	0.78	(−13.1%)	0.81	(−10.1%)	0.78	(−12.8%)
Mid	0.75	0.73		0.73		0.69		0.65
Post	0.92	0.93	(+1.4%)	0.92	(0)	0.61	(−33.9%)	0.92	(0)
Follow up	1.03	1.04		0.96		0.76		0.98
Participant 5
Pre	1.07	0.68	(−36.0%)	0.94	(−12.1%)	0.94	(−12.3%)	NT
Mid	0.99	0.86		0.91		0.84
Post	1.02	1.01	(−1.0%)	0.90	(−11.4%)	0.86	(−16.1%)
Follow up	NT	NT		NT		NT
Participant 6
Pre	0.97	0.93	(−3.5%)	0.91	(−5.5%)	0.85	(−12.2%)	NT
Mid	1.03	0.94		0.90		0.87
Post	1.11	1.05	(−6.2%)	0.98	(−12.2.%)	0.98	(−12.1%)
Follow up	1.05	1.02		1.01		0.89
Participant 7
Pre	0.92	0.81	(−11.7%)	0.70	(−23.5%)	0.69	(−24.7%)	NT
Mid	NT	NT		NT		NT
Post	0.90	0.80	(−11.1%)	0.81	(−10.1%)	0.71	(−20.8%)
Follow up	NT	NT		NT		NT
Mean (SD)
Pre	0.84 (0.17)	0.71 (0.14)	−14.1% (10.3)	0.73 (0.15)	−12.6% (5.9)	0.73 (0.15)	−12.9% (8.0)
Post	0.87 (0.17)	0.81 (0.20)	−7.5% (9.1)	0.77 (0.18)	−11.3% (7.3)	0.72 (0.15)	−15.8% (9.8)