Dual task effects on the dynamical features of the center of pressure trajectories in static standing in children and adults

• Grant number: 17/11259-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: June 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Nelci Adriana Cicuto Ferreira Rocha
• Grantee: Silvia Leticia Pavão Rago
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Background: Postural control regulation involves sensory and cognitive process in organization and integration of motor information. It is common in daily routine to observe performance of cognitive and postural tasks simultaneously. Considering that cognition and postural control might require common central processing mechanisms, the simultaneous accomplishment of these tasks would become problematic if an individual's resources are depleted, resulting in lower performance in one task over the other. Objective: To verify if postural stability is affected by cognitive tasks and if cognitive performance is affected by postural tasks in children and young adults. Methods: Eighteen children between 8 and 11 years and 18 young adults between 20 and 35 years will be evaluated. In simple task condition participants will perform a primary postural task. They will be evaluated in static stand in four different conditions: parallel feet, narrow feet, parallel feet on the foam, and narrow feet on the foam. Inn dual task evaluation, participants will perform a primary task simultaneously with a cognitive task, which will involve an arithmetic activity. Dependent variables will be: Sample Entropy for postural control and number of responses (NR), number of errors (E) and number of right responses (NGR expressed by (NR-E) for cognitive task. To evaluate effects of postural and cognitive tasks on the groups a model of analysis of variance for repeated measures will be used with Tukey post hoc when necessary. We will adopt a 5% level of significance. Hypothesis: We hope that the addiction of a cognitive task in a postural one will deviate attention of postural task resulting in a less regular body oscillation, improving automatism of postural control. We hope mere pronounced influence in children given their reduced ability of central integration.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; VISICATO, LIVIA PESSARELLI; NEVES DA COSTA, CAROLINA SOUZA; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA C. F.. Effect of the severity of manual impairment and hand dominance on anticipatory and compensatory postural adjustments during manual reaching in children with cerebral palsy. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, v. 83, p. 47-56, DEC 2018. (17/11259-6, 12/01252-0)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Age-related Changes in Postural Sway During Sit-to-stand in Typical Children and Children with Cerebral Palsy. JOURNAL OF MOTOR BEHAVIOR, v. 51, n. 2, p. 185-192, MAR 4 2019. (17/11259-6, 13/13380-6)

BRUNO ARNONI, JOICE LUIZA; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DOS SANTOS SILVA, FERNANDA PEREIRA; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Effects of virtual reality in body oscillation and motor performance of children with cerebral palsy: A preliminary randomized controlled clinical trial. COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE, v. 35, p. 189-194, MAY 2019. (17/11259-6, 13/13380-6, 16/10396-7)

PAULETTI OLIVEIRA, MARIA FERNANDA; GAMBARO LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; PENA, GISELE MOREIRA; DA SILVA, BRUNA ROMAO; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Biopsychosocial Factors Related to Postural Sway During Sit-to-Stand Movement in Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome: A Cross-Sectional Study. PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, v. N/A, p. 17-pg., 2022-10-12. (17/11259-6, 19/06063-0)

BRUGNARO, BEATRIZ HELENA; OLIVEIRA, MARIA FERNANDA PAULETTI; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA CICUTO FERREIRA. Postural control in Down syndrome and relationships with the dimensions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health - a systematic review. DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION, v. 44, n. 11, p. 16-pg., 2020-10-12. (19/13716-0, 17/11259-6)

NEVES DA COSTA, CAROLINA SOUZA; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; VISICATO, LIVIA PESSARELLI; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA C. F.. Effects of sensory manipulations on the dynamical structure of center-of-pressure trajectories of children with cerebral palsy during sitting. HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE, v. 63, p. 1-9, FEB 2019. (17/11259-6, 12/01252-0)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; VISICATO, LIVIA PESSARELLI; NEVES DA COSTA, CAROLINA SOUZA; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA C. F.. Effects of Suit-Orthosis on Postural Adjustments During Seated Reaching Task in Children With Cerebral Palsy. PEDIATRIC PHYSICAL THERAPY, v. 30, n. 3, p. 231-237, JUL 2018. (17/11259-6, 13/13380-6, 12/01252-0)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; GAMBARO LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Effects of motor and cognitive manipulation on the dual-task costs of center of pressure displacement in children, adolescents and young adults: A cross-sectional study. CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS, v. 84, APR 2021. (17/11259-6)

GAMBARO LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Impact of dual task on postural sway during sit-to-stand movement in children with unilateral cerebral palsy. CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS, v. 78, AUG 2020. (17/11259-6)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DOS SANTOS, ADRIANA NEVES; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Sex and age influence on postural sway during sit-to-stand movement in children and adolescents: Cross-sectional study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, JUN 2021. (10/15010-3, 17/11259-6, 13/13380-6, 10/12688-9)

GAMBARO LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Sit -to -stand movement in childrenwith cerebral palsy and relationships with the International classification of functioning, disability and health: A systematic review. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, v. 107, DEC 2020. (17/11259-6)

PENA, G. M.; PAVAO, S. L.; OLIVEIRA, M. F. P.; GODOI, D.; DECAMPOS, A. C.; ROCHA, N. A. C. F.. Dual-task effects on postural sway during sit-to-stand movement in children with Down syndrome. JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY RESEARCH, v. 63, n. 6, p. 576-586, JUN 2019. (17/11259-6)

PENA, GISELE M.; PAVAO, SILVIA L.; OLIVEIRA, MARIA F.; DE CAMPOS, ANA C.; ROCHA, NELCI A.. Dual-task effects in children with neuromotor dysfunction: a systematic review. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, v. 55, n. 2, p. 281-290, APR 2019. (17/11259-6)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DOS SANTOS, ADRIANA NEVES; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Sex and age influence on postural sway during sit-to-stand movement in children and adolescents: Cross-sectional study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 81, n. 6, p. 520-528, OCT 2021. (17/11259-6, 13/13380-6, 10/15010-3, 10/12688-9)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; LIMA, CAMILA R. G.; SATO, TATIANA O.; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA CICUTO FERREIRA. Association between the level of attention and dual-task costs on postural sway and cognitive yield in children, adolescents, and young adults. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE, v. 81, n. 3, FEB 2021. (17/11259-6)

LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE GAMBARO; PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; DA SILVA, BRUNA ROMAO; DE CAMPOS, ANA CAROLINA; SAAVEDRA, SANDRA; ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA CICUTO FERREIRA. Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Costs on Postural Sway During Sit-to-Stand Movement in Children With Cerebral Palsy. PHYSICAL THERAPY, v. 103, n. 4, p. 10-pg., 2023-04-04. (17/11259-6, 19/06063-0)

PAVAO, SILVIA LETICIA; GAMBARO LIMA, CAMILA RESENDE; CICUTO FERREIRA ROCHA, NELCI ADRIANA. Association between sensory processing and activity performance in children with cerebral palsy levels I-II on the gross motor function classification system. BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY, v. 25, n. 2, p. 194-202, MAR-APR 2021. (13/13380-6, 17/11259-6)