The final goal of motor learning, a complex process that includes both implicit and explicit (or
declarative) components, is the optimization and automatization of motor skills. Motor …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor and cognitive dysfunctions, affecting the
motor behaviour. We summarize evidence that the interplay between motor and cognitive …

Cognitive impairment is now widely accepted as a fundamental aspect of Parkinson's
disease (PD). Given the prevalence of cognitive impairment and the associated impact on …

Effective rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease (PD) is related to brain reorganization with
restoration of cortico–subcortical networks and compensation of frontoparietal networks; …

Many authors showed that aquatic physiotherapy could improve quality of life and reduce
postural instability and risk of falling in elderly subjects. The aim of this research was to …

Parkinson's disease (PD) can be classified into three motor-based subtypes: postural
instability/gait difficulty (PIGD), tremor dominant (TD), and indeterminate. The …

Background Progression of freezing of gait (FOG), a common pathological gait in
Parkinson's disease (PD), has been shown to be an important risk factor for falls, loss of …

Purpose: While the involvement of attention in utterance planning is well established at the
conceptual and lexical levels, the attentional demands of postlexical processes are still …

The aim of this study was to determine the function of visual afference in postural control in
Parkinson patients. We enrolled 29 patients and 30 healthy controls. The stabilometry test …

Background: Parkinsonian patients in advanced stages of disease suffer from many motor
and non-motor symptoms, whose responsiveness to dopamine replacement therapy and …