Age and Parkinson's disease related kinematic alterations during multi-directional gait initiation

Highlights ► We sought to determine how multidirectional gait initiation kinematics are affected by aging and Parkinson's disease. ► In general, Parkinson's disease patients were slower than healthy older adults, who were slower than young adults. ► Compared to healthy older adults, Parkin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gait & posture 2013-02, Vol.37 (2), p.280-286
Hauptverfasser: Vallabhajosula, Srikant, Buckley, Thomas A, Tillman, Mark D, Hass, Chris J
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights ► We sought to determine how multidirectional gait initiation kinematics are affected by aging and Parkinson's disease. ► In general, Parkinson's disease patients were slower than healthy older adults, who were slower than young adults. ► Compared to healthy older adults, Parkinson's disease patients also showed turning-related deficits while initiating gait. ► For healthy older adults, their general slowness of movement could be attributed to aging effects. ► For Parkinson's disease patients, rigidity and bradykinesia could impair activities of daily living like gait initiation.
ISSN:0966-6362
1879-2219
DOI:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.07.018