Frontal brain activation changes due to dual-tasking under partial body weight support conditions in older adults with multiple sclerosis

Table 2 Summary of primary motor and cognitive performance measures

Treadmill Gait Speed (m/s)
	W	W-PBWS	WT	WT-PBWS
HOA	1.00 (.23)	1.06 (.29)	0.94 (.29)	0.93(.20)
MS	1.06 (.34)	1.22 (.34)	1.18 (.33)	1.17 (.36)
p-value	0.62	0.27	0.10	0.08
Utterance Rate (# correct utterances/time [s])
	Talking	WT	WT-PBWS
HOA	.62 (.19)	.50 (.18)	.49 (.18)
MS	.65 (.17)	.55 (.14)	.54 (.12)
p-value	0.66	0.48	0.42

Abbreviations W Walking, W-PBWS Walking under partial body weight support, WT Walking and talking, WT-PBWS Walking and talking under partial body weight support, HOA Healthy older adults, MS Multiple Sclerosis
Mean (SD) values of treadmill gait speed and utterance rate and results from independent t test grouped by condition

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