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ArticleThe European journal of neuroscience2026

Understanding Cueing Strategies for Gait Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: Protocol of the Multicenter UNITE-PD Study.

Cindel Albers, Anat Mirelman, Laura Avanzino, Bastiaan R Bloem, Alessandro Botta, Joris van der Cruijsen, Elsa de Lange, Inbal Maidan, Alice Nieuwboer, Elisa Pelosin and 4 more

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Article in The European journal of neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Cindel AlbersDepartment of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0070-2785
Anat MirelmanLaboratory for Early Markers of Neurodegeneration (LEMON), Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Laura AvanzinoDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), Section of Human Physiology, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6286-1509
Bastiaan R BloemDepartment of Neurology, Center of Expertise for Parkinson & Movement Disorders, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Alessandro BottaIRCCS Policlinico San Martino Teaching Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Joris van der CruijsenDepartment of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Elsa de LangeDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Neurorehabilitation Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Inbal MaidanLaboratory for Early Markers of Neurodegeneration (LEMON), Neurological Institute, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Alice NieuwboerDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Neurorehabilitation Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Elisa PelosinIRCCS Policlinico San Martino Teaching Hospital, Genoa, Italy.
Anouk TosseramsDepartment of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Vivian WeerdesteynDepartment of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Moran GilatDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Neurorehabilitation Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Jorik NonnekesDepartment of Rehabilitation, Radboud University Medical Center, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Funding

EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease ResearchIsraeli Ministry of Health (CSO-MOH)Italian Ministry of Health (IT-MOH)Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gait impairments impact independence and quality of life of persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). The application of external and internal cueing strategies can improve gait, but not every person benefits equally from the same strategy. It remains unclear (i) which patient characteristics mediate cueing efficacy, (ii) how cueing efficacy changes over time, (iii) which patient characteristics are associated with long-term compliance, and (iv) what the neural correlates of cueing are. The UNITE-PD study is a collaboration between the Radboud University Medical Center (NLD), KU Leuven (BEL), Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (ISR), and IRCCS Policlinico San Martino (ITA). The study consists of a joint prospective cohort project and four site-specific projects. We here describe the joint project, with the site-specific projects included as supplementary materials. All participants undergo a baseline assessment, consisting of extensive clinical testing and an objective gait assessment with and without external and internal cueing. Responders and non-responders to the strategy will be followed for 6 months. Responders will be instructed to apply the effective cueing strategies, as much as possible in daily life using a mobile cueing application which tracks compliance. At 6 months post-baseline, responders and non-responders return to the lab, during which the baseline protocol will be repeated to quantify the change in efficacy of the cueing strategies over time. The UNITE-PD study will identify the relationship between patient characteristics, cueing efficacy, compliance, and the underlying mechanisms of cueing. This knowledge will help refine personalized rehabilitation and identify new avenues for neuroscientific inquiry in this domain.

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CuesGaitGait Disorders, NeurologicParkinson DiseaseAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicProspective Studiescompensation strategiescompliancegait rehabilitationneural mechanisms

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