Progression | Five types of 5-min gait exercise (30 min per session, 3 times a week (on days (D)1, D2, and D3) | Level of motor difficulty | Level of cognitive difficulty |
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Week 1 | - Walking during an executive function task: go/no-go letters (D1: letter “A,” D2: letter “B,” D3: letter “Z”) - Walking during a memory task: minus -2 span - Walking while holding an object in the healthy hand: a half-full glass of water - Walking during a semantic fluency task (D1 animals, D2 fruits, D3 supermarket articles) - Walking during while looking for targets in the space ahead (D1 objects, D2 images, D3 words) | 1/ Comfortable walking 2/ Walking with weights (100–250 g) 3/ Walking along a line | 1/ A quiet environment 2/ Music selected by the patient 3/ News radio (France Info) |
If an exercise is impossible, replace it with a calculation (plus 2) and the following starting numbers: 0, 1, 14, 43, 128 (5 × 1 min). If this is impossible, count backwards or forwards, depending on the patient's abilities. | |||
Week 2 | - Walking during an executive function task: go/no-go Letters (D1: letter “A,” D2: letter “B,” D3: letter “Z”) - Walking during a memory task: minus −1 span - Walking while holding an object in the healthy hand: a 75%-full glass of water - Walking during a semantic fluency task (D1 kinds of bird, D2 towns, D3 colors) - Walking during while looking for targets on the healthy side (D1 objects, D2 images, D3 words) | 4/ Comfortable walking with weights (100–250 g) 5/ Comfortable walking with weights (250–500 g) 6/ Comfortable walking and crossing obstacles <5 cm in height | 1/ A quiet environment 2/ Music selected by the patient 3/ News radio (France Info) |
If an exercise is impossible, replace it with a calculation (plus 3) and the following starting numbers: 0, 1, 14, 43, 128 (5 × 1 min). If this is impossible, count backwards or forwards, depending on the patient's abilities. | |||
Week 3 | - Walking during an executive function task: go/no-go numbers - Walking during a memory task: minus −2 alphabetic span - Walking while holding an object in the paretic hand: a half-full glass of water - Walking during an alternating semantic fluency task (D1 animals/fruits, D2 fruits/vegetables, D3 fruits/supermarket articles) - Walking while looking for targets on the paretic side (D1 objects, D2 images, D3 words) | 7/ Fast walking 8/ Fast walking with weights (100–250 g) 9/ Fast walking on a foam carpet | 1/ A quiet environment 2/ Music selected by the patient 3/ News radio (France Info) |
If an exercise is impossible, replace it with a calculation (minus 2) and the following starting numbers: 0, 1, 14, 43, 128 (5 × 1 min). If this is impossible, count backwards or forwards, depending on the patient's abilities. | |||
Week 4 | - Walking during an executive function task: go/no-go numbers - Walking during a memory task: minus −1 alphabetic span - Walking while holding an object in the paretic hand: a 75%-full glass of water - Walking during an alternating semantic fluency task (D1 kinds of fish/bird, D2 fruits/towns, D3 colors/furniture - Walking while looking for targets in the space behind (D1 objects, D2 images, D3 words) | 10/ Fast walking with weights (100–250 g) 11/ Fast walking with weights (250–500 g) 12/ Fast walking and crossing obstacles <10 cm in height | 1/ Quiet environment 2/ Music selected by patient 3/ News radio (France Info) |
If an exercise is impossible, replace it with a calculation (minus 3) and the following starting numbers: 0, 1, 14, 43, 128 (5 × 1 min). If this is impossible, count backwards or forwards, depending on the patient's abilities. |