The researchers aimed to investigate the relationship between the asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration and the attentional resources in a group of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).
To bypass the impaired habitual motor-behavioural control, Parkinson's disease (PD) patients may exploit the network of goal-directed mode of action. The frontostriatal connections underline this functioning, that is based on attention. Since the cognitive processes are related with dopamine, the asymmetrical degeneration of the dopaminergic system affects differently the right side affected (RPD) and the left side affected (LPD) PD patients. The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between the asymmetric dopaminergic degeneration and the attentional resources in a group of patients with PD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
4-week multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment
Visual Reaction Times (V RTs)
Visual Reaction Times
Time frame: 4 weeks
Auditory Reaction Times (A RTs)
Auditory Reaction Times
Time frame: 4 weeks
Multiple Choices RTs (MC RTs)
Multiple Choices RTs
Time frame: 4 weeks
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
Time frame: 4 weeks
Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
Timed Up and Go Test
Time frame: 4 weeks
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