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Articles tagged "Locomotion"

  • 2017 International Congress

    Instrumental Measurement of Stepping in Place – Detection of Asymmetry and Freezing of Gait

    K. Otte, T. Vater, T. Ellermeyer, L. Rasche, G. Wenzel, B. Kayser, S. Mansow-Model, A. Kühn, F. Paul, A. Brandt, A. Lipp, T. Schmitz-Hübsch (Berlin, Germany)

    Objective: To detect freezing of gait (FoG) and quantify movement asymmetry from markerless full body motion capture with Microsoft Kinect™ during the execution of a…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Predictive Ability of Clinical Timed Tests for Postural Instability and Gait Difficulty in Parkinson’s Disease

    M. Bryant, J.-G. Hou, F. Jamal, G. Jackson, C. Workman, E. Protas (Houston, TX, USA)

    Objective: To identify clinical determinants for postural instability and gait difficulty in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Gait deficits and postural instability in persons…
  • 2017 International Congress

    The combination of clinical scales and walking measures to predict falls in Parkinson’s disease: Does the length of the prospective follow-up period matter?

    R. Vitório, R. Moraes, A. Baptista, E. Lirani-Silva, L. Simieli, D. Orcioli-Silva, F. Barbieri, L. Gobbi (Rio Claro, Brazil)

    Objective: This study aimed: (i) to identify the best combination of clinical scales and walking measures to predict falls in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD)…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Management of fragility fractures in Parkinson’s Disease (PD)

    G. Alg, A. Chatterjee (Reading, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To assess the management of osteoporotic fragility fractures in patients with PD attending a Movement disorders clinic. Background: Patients with PD have a high…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Falls characteristics of male and female patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD)

    G. Alg, A. Chatterjee, F. Zahir (Reading, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To compare Falls risk characteristics in male and female PD patients attending a multidisciplinary Movement disorders clinic. Background: Parkinson’s disease is commoner in males.…
  • 2017 International Congress

    A combined cognitive and motor exercise program for people with Parkinson’s disease and Freezing of gait; a pilot study.

    L. King, K. Smulders, M. Mancini, J. Lapidus, P. Carlson-Kuhta, B. Fling, J. Nutt, F. Horak (Portland, OR, USA)

    Objective: The purpose of this pilot study was to explore whether this combined cognitive and motor exercise program would 1) improve freezing of gait (FOG)…
  • 2016 International Congress

    A novel C. elegans model for identification of small molecules that target alpha-synuclein-mediated toxicity

    L.V. Kalia, K. Menezes, Y. Zhang, S. Ishikura, N. Tran, H. Chau, A.M. Lozano, S.K. Kalia, J.G. Culotti, S. Suo, W.S. Ryu (Toronto, ON, Canada)

    Objective: To develop a novel transgenic C. elegans model to study dopaminergic neurodegeneration mediated by alpha-synuclein. Background: Targeting alpha-synuclein could be a disease-modifying strategy for…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Neural mechanisms underlying step initiation failure in patients with Parkinson’s disease and freezing of gait

    M. Gilat, M. Georgiades, J.M. Shine, K.A. Ehgoetz Martens, C.C. Walton, J.M. Hall, S.J.G. Lewis (Sydney, Australia)

    Objective: To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying gait initiation failure in Parkinson's disease patients with Freezing of Gait. Background: Freezing of Gait (FOG) is a…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Modulation of local field potentials during gait in the STN of patients with Parkinson’s disease

    F. Hell, J.H. Mehrkens, A. Plate, K. Bötzel (München, Germany)

    Objective: PD patients with implanted DBS electrodes allow for the investigation of basal ganglia activity during gait. Background: Whereas the overall spectral content of local…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Optogenetic silencing of locus coeruleus activity in mice impairs cognitive flexibility in an attentional set-shifting task

    K. Janitzky, M. Lippert, A. Engelhorn, J. Tegtmeier, J. Goldschmidt, H.J. Heinze, F.W. Ohl (Magdeburg, Germany)

    Objective: In this study we used unilateral optogenetic silencing of the LC in an attentional set-shifting task (ASST) to evaluate the influence of the LC…
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