Effect of Music-Based Multitask Training on Gait, Balance, and Fall Risk in Elderly People

Abstract

In community-dwelling older people at increased risk of falling, a 6-month music-based multitask exercise program improved gait under dual-task condition, improved balance, and reduced both the rate of falls and the risk of falling. Trial Registration clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT01107288.

Training effects on motor–cognitive dual-task performance in older adults

“…Six of the included studies were RTCs [23,29,66,67,80,93]. All six studies, except that of Hall et al [23], were of high quality.…”

“…Four studies examined walking [66,67,80,104], and two studies combined walking and standing tasks [23,79] to analyse intervention effects on DT performance. -Measurements of motor performance: A variety of different tests and clinical assessments were used to describe motor performance while standing and walking.…”

“…To examine motor performance in standing tasks, four studies [28,29,35,79] used clinical tests, like the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed up and go (TUG) or the Community Balance and mobility scale (CB&M). Seven studies investigated standing motor performance by the use of biomechanical assessments like force platforms or other measurements of COP sway displacements [9,16,17,23,28,80,93] and two studies [29,35] used both types of testing. To observe walking performance, three studies used clinical assessments (e.g., TUG [23,28,104]) and five studies used measurements to gain precise biomechanical markers like gait variability, velocity, cadende, and stride length -for example, a gait mat with sensors or a kinematic system [66,67,79,80,104].…”

“…One study [23] used both kinds of testing to report walking performance. -Complexity of the cognitive task: The majority of studies applied cognitive tasks focusing on controlled processes (n=5; [23,66,67,80,93]) or executive control tasks (n=4; [18,29,66,104]). Three studies examined processing speed tasks [9,28,35] and only one study used a visuospatial task [16].…”

Música y palabra contra el alzheimer

“…En el estudio realizado por Trombetti et al (2011) se pudo observar como las caídas en las personas mayores se podían reducir a través de la música, concretamente utilizando la metodología Dalcroze, cuyo fundamento es el movimiento corporal como expresión musical. Este estudio se desarrolló durante 12 meses con 134 participantes escogidos de manera aleatoria y mayores de 65 años con riesgo de caídas.…”