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This study assessed the acute effects of different types of dual tasks on gait in stroke patients during task performance, informing occupational, and physical therapists about care recommendations to prevent patients from falling and improve their balance function in daily life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 19 stroke patients (52.7 \u00b1 6.9 years old) performed the walking-only and dual-task walking (motor, arithmetic and speech) task test while a 3D motion capture system measured the gait parameters (the gait spatial-temporal parameters, sagittal angle of lower-limb joints, gait parameter variability and dual-task cost). One-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to test the effects of the above four walking conditions on gait parameters.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Arithmetic task and speech task interference can affect the gait of stroke patients (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). Arithmetic task interference has the greatest impact on step speed, cadence, single support phase, hip joint range in support period and has the greatest dual-task cost, speech task interference has the greatest impact on cadence coefficient of variation (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;lt; 0.05). The motor task was not significantly different from walking-only (\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &amp;gt;0.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both arithmetic and speech tasks have a great impact on gait in stroke patients. Faced with cognitive interference, stroke patients spontaneously adopted a \u201ccautious gait\u201d walking pattern. 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