Normative Data for Single- and Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance in Collegiate Athletes.
Background: Normative dual-task (concurrent cognitive and motor task) tandem gait has not been developed. Currently, only individual baseline data are used for tandem gait assessment post concussion. Objective: The object was to (1) determine factors associated with single-task and dual-task tandem...
| Publicado en: | Sports Medicine Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 559 - 572 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=192254435&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 192254435 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 01121642 C5H jtl: Sports Medicine issn: 01121642 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2026 vid: 56 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 192254435 188387863 192254435 192254435 10.1007/s40279-025-02306-2 192254435 ppf: 559 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: Normative Data for Single- and Dual-Task Tandem Gait Performance in Collegiate Athletes. aug: au: Shumski, Eric J. Lempke, Landon B. Howell, David Buckley, Thomas Oldham, Jessie Meehan, William Lynall, Robert C. affil: https://ror.org/00te3t702 Concussion Research Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA sug: subj: Gait Analysis Task Performance and Analysis Reference Values Athletes, College Brain Concussion Human Young Adult Male Female Test-Retest Reliability Colleges and Universities Confidence Intervals Sex Factors Contact Sports Funding Source Male Female ab: Background: Normative dual-task (concurrent cognitive and motor task) tandem gait has not been developed. Currently, only individual baseline data are used for tandem gait assessment post concussion. Objective: The object was to (1) determine factors associated with single-task and dual-task tandem gait time among collegiate athletes across multiple institutions, and (2) provide robust normative data for single-task and dual-task tandem gait time based on clinically relevant factors. Methods: Data were analyzed from 2,137 unique collegiate athletes (19.0 ± 1.1 years, 48.9% female, 23.7% with concussion history) from 2015 to 2022 during pre-injury baseline concussion testing from three universities. Tandem gait was performed under single- and dual-task conditions (serial subtraction by sixes/sevens, spelling five-letter words backward, reciting the months backward). The criteria for being a clinically relevant independent variable was (a) p value < 0.05, and (b) effect estimate of ≥ 1 s. Normative data based on established percentile thresholds were derived and stratified by clinically relevant factors. Results: None of the single-task tandem gait times were clinically relevant, while sex and contact level were for dual task. Mean (95% confidence interval) for overall single- and dual-task tandem gait times were 12.07 s (11.95, 12.19) and 16.51 s (16.29, 16.73), respectively. Conclusion: Our results provide robust normative data for single- and dual-task tandem gait stratified by relevant patient factors that can be immediately used by clinicians and future researchers. Future research should compare the use of individual baseline versus normative data for acute concussion tracking. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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