ArticleExperimental brain research2021
The relation between falls risk and movement variability in Parkinson's disease.
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- Foot placement coordination is impaired in people with Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
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- Digital gait biomarkers in Parkinson's disease: susceptibility/risk, progression, response to exercise, and prognosis.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
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- Effect of musical cues on gait in individuals with Parkinson disease with comorbid dementia.Gait & posture · 2024Article
- Combination of Clinical and Gait Measures to Classify Fallers and Non-Fallers in Parkinson's Disease.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Effects of a Resistance Training Protocol on Physical Performance, Body Composition, Bone Metabolism, and Systemic Homeostasis in Patients Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Changes in trunk and head acceleration during the 6-minute walk test and its relation to falls risk for adults with multiple sclerosis.Experimental brain research · 2022Article
- Technology-based therapy-response evaluation of axial motor symptoms under daily drug regimen of patients with Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
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- Risk Factors Associated with Falls in Hospitalized Older Adults Patients.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
Falls are a major health concern for older adults with Parkinson's disease (PD). This study was designed to examine differences in falls risk and its relation to changes in the average and variability (i.e. intra-individual variability) of reaction time (RT), finger tapping, standing balance and walking between healthy older adults and persons with PD. Thirty-nine adults with PD (70.0 ± 8.1 years) and 29 healthy older adults (66.8 ± 10.4 years) participated in this study. Falls risk (using the physiological profile assessment), gait, RT, balance and tapping responses were assessed for all persons. Results demonstrated that individuals with PD exhibited a greater risk of falling coupled with a general slowing of motor function covering declines in walking, RT and finger tapping. In addition, the movement responses of the PD group were more variable than the healthy older adults. Correlation results revealed group differences with regards to the neuromotor measures which were significantly correlated with falls risk. For the PD group, gait measures were highly correlated with their falls risk while, for the healthy older adults, falls risk was linked to balance measures even though PD persons had increased sway. Overall, persons with PD were at greater falls risk, moved slower and with increased variability compared to the healthy older adults. Further, while there are some similarities between the two groups in terms of those measures related to falls risk, there were also several differences which highlight that persons with PD can have different risk factors for falling compared to healthy adults of similar age.
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