ArticleJournal of neurology2016
Postural motor learning in people with Parkinson's disease.
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- Motor Memory Consolidation Deficits in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation over the primary motor cortex on short-term balance acquisition in healthy individuals.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Effects of interactive video-game-based exercise on balance in older adults with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2020Trial
- Postural motor learning in Parkinson's disease: The effect of practice on continuous compensatory postural regulation.Gait & posture · 2017Trial
- Associating Resting-State functional connectivity and improvements in reactive balance in Parkinson's Disease.Neuroscience letters · 2026Article
- Lateral weight transfer deficits reveal balance vulnerability in early-stage Parkinson's disease during trip-perturbed walking.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Role of Aquaporin-4 in Freezing of Gait and Dynamic Balance Learning in Parkinson's Disease.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of a 2-week in-place reactive balance training program in people with multiple sclerosis.Multiple sclerosis and related disorders · 2025Article
- The Relation Among Reactive Stepping and Fall-Related Psychological Factors in Multiple Sclerosis.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- The effects of combined transcranial brain stimulation and a 4-week visuomotor stepping training on voluntary step initiation in persons with chronic stroke-a pilot study.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Treadmill-based system for postural studies: Design and validation.Medical engineering & physics · 2023Article
- Assessment of balance in people with mild traumatic brain injury using a balance systems model approach.Gait & posture · 2023Article
- Margins of postural stability in Parkinson's disease: an application of control theory.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Touch may reduce cognitive load during assisted typing by individuals with developmental disabilities.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2023Article
- Effects of protective step training on proactive and reactive motor adaptations in Parkinson's disease patients.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Perturbation-based balance training: Principles, mechanisms and implementation in clinical practice.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Review
- Evaluation of movement and brain activity.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2021Review
- Comparison of forward and backward postural perturbations in mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease.Gait & posture · 2021Article
- Adaptation of balance reactions following forward perturbations in people with joint hypermobility syndrome.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2021Article
- Postural control learning dynamics in Parkinson's disease: early improvement with plateau in stability, and continuous progression in flexibility and mobility.Biomedical engineering online · 2020Article
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Abstract
Protective postural responses to external perturbations are hypokinetic in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), and improving these responses may reduce falls. However, the ability of people with PD to improve postural responses with practice is poorly understood. Our objective was to determine whether people with PD can improve protective postural responses similarly to healthy adults through repeated perturbations, and whether improvements are retained or generalize to untrained perturbations. Twelve healthy adults and 15 people with PD underwent 25 forward and 25 backward translations of the support surface, eliciting backward, and forward protective steps, respectively. We assessed whether: (1) performance improved over one day of practice, (2) changes were retained 24 h later, and (3) improvements generalized to untrained (lateral) postural responses. People with PD and healthy adults improved postural response characteristics, including center of mass displacement after perturbations (p < 0.001), margin of stability at first footfall (p = 0.001), step latency (p = 0.044), and number of steps (p = 0.001). However, unlike controls, improvements in people with PD occurred primarily in the first block of trials. Improvements were more pronounced during backward protective stepping than forward, and with the exception of step latency, were retained 24 h later. Improvements in forward-backward stepping did not generalize to lateral protective stepping. People with PD can improve protective stepping over the course of 1 day of perturbation practice. Improvements were generally similar to healthy adults, and were retained in both groups. Perturbation practice may represent a promising approach to improving protective postural responses in people with PD; however, additional research is needed to understand how to enhance generalization.
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