Dual-Tasking in Daily Activities Among Adults With and Without Stroke.
Emily E FokasAvinash R ParnandiAnita VenkatesanNatasha G PanditAudre A WirtanenDawn M NilsenHeidi M SchambraPublished in: The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association (2023)
The initiation of dual-tasking is curtailed in the nondominant and paretic UEs, extending previous laboratory-based findings to a more naturalistic setting. These results may reflect a demand on neural resources that is exceeded when these limbs are used. What This Article Adds: DOPs, a functional strategy to simultaneously engage two objects during ADLs, could serve as a behavioral marker of dual-tasking in real-world activities, supporting their investigation more broadly. Practicing DOPs in rehabilitation could also train the integration of dual-tasking strategies in activity execution.
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