Mohammed Omar Abuzaid Suad
College of Education, Special Education, Taibah University, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2024 Oct 21:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2024.2418446.
This study investigates the effects of motor and cognitive dual tasks on walking and balance in Children with diparetic cerebral palsy. The subjects of this study were 12 children (experimental group n = 6, control group n = 6) who were medical diagnosed with diparetic cerebral palsy. They aged 8-12 years. Experimental group was administered treatment for 30 min, 2 times a week for 8 weeks, with the experimental group performing motor and cognitive dual task, while the control group did not have such a training. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to analyze changes in balance, gross motor function in the group, and the Mann-Whitney test was conducted to compare the differences between the two groups before and after intervention. In This study, the mean time for completing the Timed Up and Go Test in single and dual tasks and mean cognitive responses, there was a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05). Considering that many activities in daily life are dual tasks, these difficulties they experience in performing dual tasks show that children's daily lives are also affected. Therefore, dual task evaluations are very important for individuals to be independent in daily life.
本研究调查了运动和认知双重任务对双侧瘫脑瘫儿童步行和平衡能力的影响。本研究的受试者为12名经医学诊断为双侧瘫脑瘫的儿童（实验组n = 6，对照组n = 6）。他们的年龄在8至12岁之间。实验组接受为期8周、每周2次、每次30分钟的治疗，实验组进行运动和认知双重任务，而对照组没有进行此类训练。采用Wilcoxon符号秩检验分析组内平衡、粗大运动功能的变化，并采用Mann-Whitney检验比较两组干预前后的差异。在本研究中，单任务和双重任务中完成定时起立行走测试的平均时间以及平均认知反应，两组之间存在显著差异（P < 0.05）。考虑到日常生活中的许多活动都是双重任务，他们在执行双重任务时遇到的这些困难表明儿童的日常生活也受到了影响。因此，双重任务评估对于个体在日常生活中实现独立非常重要。
