People with disease (PD) tend to walk with short steps, decreased velocity, and increased stride time variability. Short steps and increased variability are related to greater fall risk. In addition, concurrent performance of a cognitive task (dual-task (DT)) has marked effects on gait in people with PD which is considered to reflect an impaired automaticity of gait. Objective: To investigate short and long term effects of high-volume walking with visual spatial cues (VSC) on gait variables, automaticity, and functional mobility, in people with Parkinson´s Disease (PD), compared with walking without VSC.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
26
Walking with visual cues for 30 minutes, 4 times a week for 4 weeks
Walking without visual cues, but verbal encouragement twice a week to take longer steps, for 30 minutes, 4
Reykjalundur Rehabilitation Center
Mosfellsbaer, Iceland
Change in Step Length
Time frame: Before, after and 3 months after a 4 week training period
Change in Gait Velocity
Time frame: Before, after and 3 months after a 4 week training period
Change in Stride Time Variability
Time frame: Before, after and 3 months after a 4 week training period
Change in Timed Up & Go (seconds)
Time frame: Before, after and 3 months after a 4 week training period
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