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Quantifying and improving rigid patterns of coordination across different domains of motor skill in Parkinson’s disease| old_uid | 10236 |
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| title | Quantifying and improving rigid patterns of coordination across different domains of motor skill in Parkinson’s disease |
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| start_date | 2015/10/30 |
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| schedule | 14h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | Parkinson’s disease is a neuro-degenerative disorder that produces debilitating movement deficits. A group of the symptoms can be described as rigidity in coordination. Rigidity in PD is a typical feature of clinical evaluation but its quantification has not received sufficient attention. Of interest here is the use of analytical tools to capture increased rigidity in PD patients across several different domains of motor skill—gait stability, stride-to-stride variability, and speech—to complement previous investigations in posture control and inter-segment coordination patterns.
In addition to quantification, the amelioration of PD gait symptoms is the primary objective of the BeatHealth project at EuroMov, Montpellier. Rhythmic auditory cueing is a well-known method for improving gait parameters and reducing the incidence of freezing episodes in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Within the framework of the project, we identified the type of rhythm complexity, individual sensorimotor synchronization abilities, and disease-duration dependent factors that help optimize the benefit of cueing. |
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| responsibles | Fenouil |
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