Functional capacity and dual-task cost in the institutionalized older adults, both affected and unaffected by mild cognitive impairment.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe local Bioethics Review Committee, having assessed the study design, judged that ethics approval was not required under presently applicable legislation, nevertheless it endorsed in principle the study protocol (Decision Ref. No. 40/KBL/OIL/2017). All participants were furnished with detailed information on the aims and methods to be used throughout the study, and gave their written informed consent to participate. Consent for publicationThe Authors represent that Consent for publication statement is not justified by the study protocol, as all source data are provided in an anonymised format.With the kindest regards,Marek ZAK.(Corresponding Author)Marek ZAK, MsPT, PhD, Ass. Professor,The Institute of Health Sciences, Collegium Medicum.The Jan Kochanowski University,ul. Zeromskiego 5, 25–369 Kielce, Poland,E-mail: mzak1@onet.euPhone: (+ 48) 41 349 69 09 Fax: (+ 48) 41 349 69 16. Competing interestsThe Authors report no conflicts of interest in this work. Competing interests The Authors report no conflicts of interest in this work."

"Funding The project is supported under the programme established by the Minister of Science and Higher Education, named “Regional Initiative of Excellence”, spanning the period 2019–2022; Project No 024/RID/2018/19; amount of financing: PLN 11 999 000.00."