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ReviewJournal of movement disorders2017

Functional Neuroanatomy for Posture and Gait Control.

Kaoru Takakusaki

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Review in Journal of movement disorders, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07738653 (Changes in Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters After a 5-Day Mindfulness Retreat), which is not on this map. Cited by 478 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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478citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
32.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07738653 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Changes in Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters After a 5-Day Mindfulness Retreat: A Pre-Post Pilot Study in Experienced Meditators

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital Miguel ServetRan2023 to 2023Enrolled13ConditionsMindfulness, Gait BiomechanicsArmsMeditation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

478 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 897 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Increased fall risk in people with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  13. Improvements in Static Balance Following an Oculomotor Exercise Program in Athletes.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kaoru TakakusakiThe Research Center for Brain Function and Medical Engineering, Asahikawa Medical University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Asahikawa Medical University · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here we argue functional neuroanatomy for posture-gait control. Multi-sensory information such as somatosensory, visual and vestibular sensation act on various areas of the brain so that adaptable posture-gait control can be achieved. Automatic process of gait, which is steady-state stepping movements associating with postural reflexes including headeye coordination accompanied by appropriate alignment of body segments and optimal level of postural muscle tone, is mediated by the descending pathways from the brainstem to the spinal cord. Particularly, reticulospinal pathways arising from the lateral part of the mesopontine tegmentum and spinal locomotor network contribute to this process. On the other hand, walking in unfamiliar circumstance requires cognitive process of postural control, which depends on knowledges of self-body, such as body schema and body motion in space. The cognitive information is produced at the temporoparietal association cortex, and is fundamental to sustention of vertical posture and construction of motor programs. The programs in the motor cortical areas run to execute anticipatory postural adjustment that is optimal for achievement of goal-directed movements. The basal ganglia and cerebellum may affect both the automatic and cognitive processes of posturegait control through reciprocal connections with the brainstem and cerebral cortex, respectively. Consequently, impairments in cognitive function by damages in the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia and cerebellum may disturb posture-gait control, resulting in falling.

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body schemamidbrain locomotor regionmotor programsMultisensory informationParkinson’s disease.reticulospinal system

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PMID28122432
PMCPMC5288669
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