ArticleFrontiers in neurology2020
Functional Status Is Associated With Prefrontal Cortex Activation in Gait in Subacute Stroke Patients: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.
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- Gait characteristics in people with central nervous system disorders under dual-task experimental paradigms: a scoping review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Brain activation of the PFC during dual-task walking in stroke patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis of functional near-infrared spectroscopy studies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Pooled it
- Neural correlates of dual-task walking in people with central neurological disorders: a systematic review.Journal of neurology · 2022Pooled it
- Cortical hemodynamic responses in older stroke patients during a walking-based Stroop dual task: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Prefrontal cortex oxygenation dynamics during dual-task walking in independently ambulatory patients with acute stroke: a comparison with healthy older adults.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Cortical activation changes in supratentorial stroke patients during posture-cognition dual task.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Gait Performance and Brain Activity Are Improved by Gait Automatization during Robot-Assisted Gait Training in Patients with Burns: A Prospective, Randomized, Single-Blinded Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Prefrontal hemodynamics during forward and backward walking, with and without a cognitive task, in people with multiple sclerosis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Observational
- Prefrontal activation during dual-task seated stepping and walking performed by subacute stroke patients with hemiplegia.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Decreased automaticity contributes to dual task decrements in older compared to younger adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Bidirectional relationship between depressive symptoms and physical performance in community-dwelling older people with subjective memory complaints.European geriatric medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
Increasing cerebral oxygenation, more precisely the overactivation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), reflects cortical control of gait in stroke disease. Studies about the relationship between brain activation and the functional status in stroke patients remain scarce. The aim of this study was to compare brain activation, gait parameters, and cognitive performances in single and dual tasks according to the functional status in subacute stroke patients. Twenty-one subacute stroke patients were divided in two groups according to Barthel Index ("low Barthel" and "high Barthel") and randomly performed ordered walking, cognitive task (n-back task), and dual tasks (walking + n-back task). We assessed gait performances (speed, variability) using an electronic walkway system and cerebral oxygenation (ΔO
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