Acute and Chronic Effect of Acoustic and Visual Cues on Gait Training in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Study
Joint Authors
De Icco, Roberto
Tassorelli, Cristina
Berra, Eliana
Bolla, Monica
Pacchetti, Claudio
Sandrini, Giorgio
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-11-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
In this randomized controlled study we analyse and compare the acute and chronic effects of visual and acoustic cues on gait performance in Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
We enrolled 46 patients with idiopathic PD who were assigned to 3 different modalities of gait training: (1) use of acoustic cues, (2) use of visual cues, or (3) overground training without cues.
All patients were tested with kinematic analysis of gait at baseline (T0), at the end of the 4-week rehabilitation programme (T1), and 3 months later (T2).
Regarding the acute effect, acoustic cues increased stride length and stride duration, while visual cues reduced the number of strides and normalized the stride/stance distribution but also reduced gait speed.
As regards the chronic effect of cues, we recorded an improvement in some gait parameters in all 3 groups of patients: all 3 types of training improved gait speed; visual cues also normalized the stance/swing ratio, acoustic cues reduced the number of strides and increased stride length, and overground training improved stride length.
The changes were not retained at T2 in any of the experimental groups.
Our findings support and characterize the usefulness of cueing strategies in the rehabilitation of gait in PD.
American Psychological Association (APA)
De Icco, Roberto& Tassorelli, Cristina& Berra, Eliana& Bolla, Monica& Pacchetti, Claudio& Sandrini, Giorgio. 2015. Acute and Chronic Effect of Acoustic and Visual Cues on Gait Training in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Study. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
De Icco, Roberto…[et al.]. Acute and Chronic Effect of Acoustic and Visual Cues on Gait Training in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Study. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
De Icco, Roberto& Tassorelli, Cristina& Berra, Eliana& Bolla, Monica& Pacchetti, Claudio& Sandrini, Giorgio. Acute and Chronic Effect of Acoustic and Visual Cues on Gait Training in Parkinson’s Disease: A Randomized, Controlled Study. Parkinson’s Disease. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075935
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1075935