Using cadence to study free-living ambulatory behaviour

C Tudor-Locke, DA Rowe - Sports medicine, 2012 - Springer
The health benefits of a physically active lifestyle across a person's lifespan have been
established. If there is any single physical activity behaviour that we should measure well …

Is Freezing of Gait in Parkinson′ s Disease a Result of Multiple Gait Impairments? Implications for Treatment

M Plotnik, N Giladi, JM Hausdorff - Parkinson's disease, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Several gait impairments have been associated with freezing of gait (FOG) in patients with
Parkinson′ s disease (PD). These include deteriorations in rhythm control, gait symmetry …

Rehabilitation, exercise therapy and music in patients with Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of the effects of music-based movement therapy on walking ability …

MJ de Dreu, ASD Van Der Wilk, E Poppe… - Parkinsonism & related …, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests that music-based movement (MbM) therapy may be a promising
intervention to improve gait and gait-related activities in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients …

Exercise for people in early-or mid-stage Parkinson disease: a 16-month randomized controlled trial

M Schenkman, DA Hall, AE Barón… - Physical …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Exercise confers short-term benefits for individuals with Parkinson disease
(PD). Objective The purpose of the study was to compare short-and long-term responses …

Interactive Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Reinstates Natural 1/f Timing in Gait of Parkinson's Patients

MJ Hove, K Suzuki, H Uchitomi, S Orimo, Y Miyake - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Parkinson's disease (PD) and basal ganglia dysfunction impair movement timing, which
leads to gait instability and falls. Parkinsonian gait consists of random, disconnected stride …

Exercise and Motor Training in People with Parkinson′ s Disease: A Systematic Review of Participant Characteristics, Intervention Delivery, Retention Rates …

NE Allen, C Sherrington, GD Suriyarachchi… - Parkinson's …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
There is research evidence that exercise and motor training are beneficial for people with
Parkinson′ s disease (PD), and clinicians seek to implement optimal programs. This paper …

Rivastigmine as alternative treatment for refractory REM behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease

R Di Giacopo, A Fasano, D Quaranta… - Movement …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background: We report on a double‐blind, crossover pilot trial for the treatment of rapid eye
movement behavior disorder (RBD) in 12 patients with Parkinson's disease in whom …

Effectiveness of intensive inpatient rehabilitation treatment on disease progression in parkinsonian patients: a randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up

G Frazzitta, G Bertotti, G Riboldazzi… - … and neural repair, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Rehabilitation treatments have acute beneficial effects in Parkinson's disease
(PD) patients, but whether the effects persist over time is unclear. Objective. To assess …

Persistent and anti-persistent pattern in stride-to-stride variability of treadmill walking: influence of rhythmic auditory cueing

P Terrier, O Dériaz - Human movement science, 2012 - Elsevier
It has been observed that long time series of Stride Time (ST), Stride Length (SL) and Stride
Speed (SS= SL/ST) exhibited statistical persistence (long-range auto-correlation) in …

Abnormalities and cue dependence of rhythmical upper-limb movements in Parkinson patients with freezing of gait

S Vercruysse, J Spildooren… - … and neural repair, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Freezing of gait (FOG) is a significant clinical problem in Parkinson disease
(PD). Similar freezing-like episodes occur during finger movements, but little is known about …