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Table 5 Excluded studies (for Annex)

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

Article

Reason for exclusion

Bherer L et al. (2008) Transfer effects in taskset cost and dual-task cost after dual-task training in older and younger adults: further evidence for cognitive plasticity in attentional control in late adulthood. Experimental Aging Research 34(3): 188–219

No motor task standing or walking

Bherer L, Peterson MS, Kramer AF, Colcombe S, Erickson K, Becic E (2005) Training effects on dual-task performance: are there age-related differences in plasticity of attentional control? Psychology and Aging. 20(4): 695–709

No motor task standing or walking

Bock O (2008) Dual task costs while walking increase in old age for some, but not for other tasks: an experimental study of healthy young and elderly persons. Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation 5: 5–27

No intervention

Cassavaugh ND, Kramer AF (2009) Transfer of computerbased training to simulated driving in older adults. Applied Ergonomics 40: 943–952

Focused on driving performance

Doumas M, Smoklers C, Krampe RT (2008) Task priorization in aging: effects of sensory information on concurrent posture and memory performance. Exp Brain Res 187: 275–281

No intervention

Fraser SA, Li KZH, Penhune VB (2010) Dual-task performance reveals increased involvement of executive control in fine motor sequencing in healthy aging. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 65(5): 526–535

No pre–post

Hall CD, Heusel-Gillig L (2010) Balance rehabilitation and dual-task ability in older adults. Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics 1(1): 22–26

Participants used canes or walker

Halvarsson A, Olsson E, Faren E, Pettersson A, Stahle A (2011) Effects of new, individually adjusted, progressive balance group training for elderly people with fear of falling and tend to fall: a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Rehabilitation 25(11): 1021–1031

Participants were mixed between healthy and unhealthy

Laufer Y (2008) Effect of cognitive demand during training on acquisition, retention and transfer of a postural skill. Human Movement Science 27: 126–141

No older adults

Li KZ et al. (2010) Benefits of cognitive dual–task training on balance performance in healthy older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65(12): 1344–1352

No motor training

Lindemann, U., Hammer, W, Muche, R, Nikolaus, Th, Becker, C (2003) postural control in the elderly. Effect of a twelve week Tai Chi-Qigong intervention in healty elderly. EuroJGer. Vol. 5(4):182–186

No control group

Maquestiaux F, Hartly AA, Bertsch J (2004) Can practice overcome age-related differences in the psychological refractory period effect? Psychology and Aging 19(4): 649–667

No motor task

Marmeleira JF, Godinho MB, Fernandes OMT (2009) The effects of an exercise program on several abilities associated with driving performance in older adults. Accident Analysis and Prevention 41: 90–97

Focused on driving performance

Marmeleira JFE, de Melo FMS, Godinho MAB (2011) Exercise can improve speed of behavior in older drivers. Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 19(1): 48–61

Focused on driving performance

McDowd JM (1986) The effects of age and extended practice on divided attention performance. Journal of Gerontology 41(6): 764–749

Focused on upper extremities

Melzer I, Marx R, Kurz I (2009) Regular exercise in the elderly is effective to preserve the speed of voluntary stepping under single-task condition but not under DT-condition: a case control study. Gerontology 55: 49–57

Case control study

Nejati V et al. (2008) Dual task interference in implicit sequence learning by young and old adults. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 23: 801–804

No motor task

Pellecchia GL (2005) Dual-task training reduces impact of cognitive task on postural sway. Journal of Motor Behavior 37(3): 239–246

No elderly

Shinar D, Tractinsky N, Compton R (2005) Effects of practice, age, and task demands, on interference from a phone task while driving. Accident Analysis and Prevention 37: 315–326

Focused on driving performance

Segev-Jacubovski O, Herman T, Yogev-Seligmann G, Mirelman A, Giladi N, Hausdorff JM (2011) The interplay between gait, falls and cognition: can cognitive therapy reduce fall risk? Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 11 (7): 1057–1075

No study — review

Simoneau M, Begin F, Teasdale N (2006) The effects of moderate fatigue on dynamic balance control and attentional demands. J Neuroengineering Rehabil 3: 22

No intervention

Silsupadol P. et al. (2006) Training of balance under single- and dual-task conditions in older adults with balance impairment. Physical Therapy 86(2): 269–281

Case reports

Sparrow W, Begg RK, Parker S (2006) Aging effects on visual reation time in a single task condition and when treadmill walking. Motor Control 10: 201–211

No intervention

Toulotte C, Thevenon A, Fabre C (2004) Effects of training on static and dynamic balance in elderly subjects who have had a fall or not. Annales de Readaptation et de Medecine Physique. 47(9): 604–610

French language

Tsang PS, Shaner TL (1998) Age, attention, expertise, and time sharing performance. Psychology and Aging 13: 323–347

Focused on flying performance

Vaillant J et al. (2006) Balance, aging, and osteoporosis: effects of cognitive exercises combined with physiotherapy. Joint Bone Spine 73: 414–418

Focused on osteoporosis

Verhoeff LL et al. (2009) Effects of biofeedback on trunk sway during dual tasking in the healthy young and elderly. Gait & Posture 30: 76–81

No pre–post

Voelcker-Rehage C, Alberts JL (2007) Effect of motor practice on dual-task performance in older adults. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences 62B: P141–P148

Focused on upper extremities

Wu T, Hallett M (2005) The influence of normal human ageing on automatic movements. J Physiol 562: 605–615

Focused on upper extremities

Wu W et al. (2010) The effect of Chinese Yuanji-Dance on dynamicbalance and the associated attentional demands in elderly adults. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 9: 116–126

No pre–post

Yamada M et al. (2011) Effects of a DVD-based seated dual-task stepping exercise on fall risk factors among community-dwelling elderly adults. Telemedicine Journal & E-Health 17 (10): 768–772

Participants used canes or walker

Yamada M, Aoyama T, Tanaka B, Nagai K, Ichihashi N (2011) Seated stepping exercise in a dual-task condition improves ambulatory function with a secondary task: A randomized controlled trial. Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research. 23(5–6): 386–392

Participants used canes or walker

Yogev-Seligmann G et al. (2010) How does explicit prioritization alter walking during dual-task performance? Effects of age and sex on gait speed and variability. Physical Therapy 90(2):177–186

No intervention