Determining the optimal features in freezing of gait detection through a single waist accelerometer in home environments

A Samà, D Rodríguez-Martín, C Pérez-López… - Pattern Recognition …, 2018 - Elsevier
Freezing of gait (FoG) is one of the most disturbing and incapacitating symptoms in
Parkinson's disease. It is defined as a sudden block in effective stepping, provoking anxiety …

[HTML][HTML] Home-based training of rhythmic skills with a serious game in Parkinson's disease: usability and acceptability

C Dauvergne, V Begel, C Geny, F Puyjarinet… - Annals of physical and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the adherence, usability and acceptance of a rehabilitation protocol
with a music-based serious game (SG) and its effect on rhythmic skills in Parkinson disease …

Rhythm Workers: A music-based serious game for training rhythm skills

V Bégel, A Seilles, S Dalla Bella - Music & Science, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Rhythm perception and production can be disrupted by neurological or neurodevelopmental
disorders (eg, Parkinson's disease, dyslexia). Rhythm deficits are associated with poor …

The role of attention and intention in synchronization to music: Effects on gait

LA Leow, K Waclawik, JA Grahn - Experimental Brain Research, 2018 - Springer
Anecdotal accounts suggest that individuals spontaneously synchronize their movements to
the 'beat'of background music, often without intending to, and perhaps even without …

Music and movement: Towards a translational approach

S Dalla Bella - Neurophysiologie Clinique, 2018 - Elsevier
Rhythmic abilities are highly widespread in the general population. Most people can extract
the regular beat of music, and align their movements with it. The aim of a translational …

Virtual footprints can improve walking performance in people with Parkinson's disease

LI Gómez-Jordana, J Stafford, CLE Peper… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In Parkinson's disease (PD) self-directed movement, such as walking, is often found to be
impaired while goal directed movement, such as catching a ball, stays relatively unaltered …

Design and development of a gait training system for Parkinson's disease

A Garzo, PA Silva, N Garay-Vitoria, E Hernandez… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) is an effective technique to improve gait
and reduce freezing episodes for Persons with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD). The …

Freezing of gait (FOG), detection, prediction and/or treatment

M Plotnik-Peleg, JM Hausdorff, N Giladi… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A method and system for provoking gait disorders, such as freezing of gait; usable, for
example, for diagnosing and/or treatment thereof. In an exemplary embodiment of the …

Dual-task interference during gait on irregular terrain in people with Parkinson's disease

H Xu, A Merryweather, KB Foreman, J Zhao, ME Hunt - Gait & posture, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Gait impairments in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) are accentuated in
dual-task conditions. Most PD studies on dual-task gait have measured only straight line …

Entrainment for attentional selection in Parkinson's disease

ES Te Woerd, R Oostenveld, FP de Lange… - cortex, 2018 - Elsevier
Neural entrainment plays a crucial role in perception and action, especially when stimuli
possess a certain temporal regularity, and is also suggested to serve as a neural process to …