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Balance Ability Affects Dual-Task Strategy in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences (ICIBEL 2017)

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This study tested the dual-task strategy adopted by children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and determined how individual balancing ability affects dual-task performance. Nineteen children with ADHD (ADHD group) and 17 typically developing children (control group) were compared while they performed two concurrent (motor–cognitive) tasks. The motor task entailed walking on a balance beam, and the cognitive task entailed repeating 3 numbers, heard as they walked, in reverse order. Performance in the dual task was compared with that in each separate task. The children with ADHD demonstrated significantly poorer step accuracy and response accuracy compared with the controls. The control group had a negative modified attention allocation index (mAAI), whereas the ADHD group had a positive mAAI. In addition, significant relationships were determined between balance skill and the dual-task effect (DTE) on sway speed, step accuracy, and response accuracy in the ADHD group. The results indicated that, in contrast to the controls, the ADHD group assigned priority to maintaining their walking pattern while abandoning the memory task. The ADHD group’s individual balance dysfunctions were associated with dual-task gait abnormalities. The higher the individual balancing ability was, the smaller the dual-task gait disturbances.

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This work was supported by the National Science Council, Taiwan (NSC 97-2320-B-037-004-MY3).

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    Wen-Lan Wu, Ying-Yi Chen & Jing-Min Liang

  2. Hsiuping University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan

    Jia-Hroung Wu

  3. Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

    Chia-Hsin Chen & Chih-Chung Wang

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Wu, WL., Wu, JH., Chen, YY., Chen, CH., Wang, CC., Liang, JM. (2018). Balance Ability Affects Dual-Task Strategy in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In: Ibrahim, F., Usman, J., Ahmad, M., Hamzah, N., Teh, S. (eds) 2nd International Conference for Innovation in Biomedical Engineering and Life Sciences. ICIBEL 2017. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 67. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7554-4_16

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