Falls among older adults: Screening, identification, rehabilitation, and management

S Giovannini, F Brau, V Galluzzo, DA Santagada… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
A fall is an event where a person unintentionally and traumatically finds themselves on the
floor or a lower level. Falls are very common, especially in the older adult population. One in …

Emotional states affect steady state walking performance

A Homagain, KA Ehgoetz Martens - PLoS One, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Gait is a large component and indicator of health. Many factors affect gait including age,
disease, and even mood disorders. Few studies have looked at the influence of emotional …

A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Exercise Beneficial for Locomotion in Community-Dwelling Elderly People with Sarcopenia

S Song, G Kim, H Kim - Journal of Functional Morphology and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia, in addition to aging and reduced physical activity, is a progressive skeletal
muscle disorder that causes the loss of muscle mass and strength. The most prominent …

Cognitive and affective disturbances in patients with Parkinson's disease: perspectives for classifying of motor/neuropsychiatric subtypes

AD Shkodina, KA Tarianyk, DI Boiko, M Zehravi… - Neuroscience …, 2022 - Elsevier
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder, related to rigidity, bradykinesia, and
resting tremors, among other motor symptoms. It is noticed in the increasing frequency of …

A multi-modal gait analysis-based detection system of the risk of depression

W Shao, Z You, L Liang, X Hu, C Li… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Currently, depression has become a common mental disorder, especially among
postgraduates. It is reported that postgraduates have a higher risk of depression than the …

Predicting Ambulatory Capacity in Parkinson's Disease to Analyze Progression, Biomarkers, and Trial Design

CS Venuto, G Smith, K Herbst, R Zielinski… - Movement …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Background In Parkinson's disease (PD), gait and balance is impaired,
relatively resistant to available treatment and associated with falls and disability. Predictive …

Predictors of balance in individuals with Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional study

FM Dornas, FMM Bispo, YG Viana… - Journal of Bodywork and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Some previous studies investigated predictors of balance in individuals with
Parkinson's Disease (PD). However, outcomes commonly evaluated in the rehabilitation of …

Single-and dual-task gait performance and their diagnostic value in early-stage Parkinson's disease

X Zhang, W Fan, H Yu, L Li, Z Chen, Q Guan - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Gait parameters are considered potential diagnostic markers of Parkinson's
disease (PD). We aimed to 1) assess the gait impairment in early-stage PD and its related …

Gait performance and non-motor symptoms burden during dual-task condition in Parkinson's disease

M Zhang, Y Gan, X Wang, Z Wang, T Feng… - Neurological …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Impaired gait is observed in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in both
single-task (ST) and dual-task (DT) conditions. Non-motor symptoms (NMSs), another vital …

Association between falls and nonmotor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease

Z Li, X Jiang, M Yang, Y Pan - Journal of clinical neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder. Falls are
common in patients with PD and can lead to disability, bedridden status, and death. The …