The Comparison of Falling risk of elderly by speed gait test under dual tasks conditions

This study aimed to compare elderly fallers and non fallers by balancetest under dual tasks conditions.

This study was a analyse- comparative study. Subjects were chosen from three parks of Tehran. Subjects were 20 older adults with no history offalls (aged 72.60 ± 5years) and 21 older adults with a history of 2 or more falls inthe last one year (aged 74.50±6 Years). All subjects performed speed gait test under3 conditions (speed gait, speed gait with numbers counter randomly [speed gaitcognitive], and speed gait while carrying a full cup of water [speed gait manual]).Data was analysed from multivariate analysis with SPSS 17.

The results showed significant difference between elderly fallers and non fallers in fall risk composed dependent variable (P= 0.0005), as the non fallers hadgreater score than elderly fallers.

Consequently, we can apply the Gait Speed test under both dual task conditions (Cognitive and Motor) for identification of risk of falling in elderly adultswith and without of falling history.