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Articles tagged "Motor control"

  • 2017 International Congress

    New method to evaluate new motor skill learning

    A.P. Quixadá, V. Sotero, J.-F. Daneault, G. Diaz, Â. Torres, J.P. Vieira, M. Fonseca, P. Bonato, N. Peña, J.G. Miranda (Salvador, Brazil)

    Objective: To present a novel approach to assessing improvements in new motor skill learning. Background: Several methods have been employed over the years to try…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Sensory modulation of postural control in Huntington’s disease

    F. Porciuncula, K. Marder, P. Wasserman, A. Rao (New York, NY, USA)

    Objective: To characterize sensory modulation of postural control in Huntington's disease (HD); and to identify postural metrics that are sensitive in the prodromal stage of…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Motor resonance in Parkinson’s disease: Effects of observed actions on behaviour

    E. Poliakoff, J. Bek, S. Vogt, T. Crawford, E. Gowen (Manchester, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To investigate whether people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) exhibit motor resonance from observed human actions. Background: Seeing another person move can influence one’s own…
  • 2017 International Congress

    Immunomodulatory therapy in stiff-person syndrome (SPS): a controlled Rituximab-randomised study

    M. Amarandei (Bucharest, Romania)

    Objective: -the efficacy of the anti-CD20 antibody, Rituximab, in the treatment of patients with Stiff-person syndrome Background: SPS is a rare autoimmune progressive disorder of…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Construction of a levodopa-response index from wearable sensors for quantifying Parkinson’s disease motor functions: Preliminary results

    M. Memedi, D. Nyholm, J. Westin, M. Senek, A. Medvedev, H. Askmark, S.M. Aquilonius, F. Bergquist, R. Constantinescu, F. Ohlsson, J. Spira, S. Lycke, A. Ericsson (Falun, Sweden)

    Objective: The goal of the study is to investigate whether wrist worn motion sensors are feasible tools to measure motor functions in Parkinson's disease (PD).…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Interleaved pro- and anti-saccade performance in Huntington’s disease

    I. Vaca-Palomares, J. Fernandez-Ruiz, B. Coe, D.P. Munoz (Kingston, ON, Canada)

    Objective: To investigate suppression of automatic movements and execution of voluntary motor commands in an early stage Huntington's disease patients. Background: The ability to suppress…
  • 2016 International Congress

    How does cognition affect reaching in Parkinson’s disease?

    J. Cosgrove, C. Picardi, S.L. Smith, S. Jamieson, J.E. Alty (Leeds, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To explore differences in kinematic parameters of reach in those with Parkinson's disease (PD) classified into normal cognition (PD-NC), mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) and…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Motor-related brain changes associated with acute administration of trihexyphenidyl in patients with cervical dystonia

    R.G. Burciu, E. Ofori, P. Shukla, J.W. Chung, J. DeSimone, C.W. Hess, N.R. McFarland, A. Wagle Shukla, M.S. Okun, D.E. Vaillancourt (Gainesville, FL, USA)

    Objective: The goal of the current study was to assess task-related brain activity in patients with cervical dystonia (CD) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Novel training based on declarative memory cues improves gait perfromance in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A randomized clinical trial

    M.E.P. Piemonte, E. Okamoto, K.R. Cardoso, T.P. Oliveira, C.S. Miranda, M. Pikel, F. Mendes, G.F. Xavier (Sao Paulo, Brazil)

    Objective: To verify the long-term efficiency of a new strategy based on declarative memory cues to improve the gait performance and independence in activities of…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Improved motor functioning of people with Parkinson’s disease following dance intervention

    S.M. Simone, K.A. Beben, S.E. Maguire, C. Noudga, K.L.M. Martin, G.N. Luabeya, P. Dhami, R.J. Bar, J.F. DeSouza (Toronto, ON, Canada)

    Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of dance as an additional treatment for people with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Common pharmacological treatments for PD lessen the…
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