tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa hoc:" Effect of optical flow versus attentional strategy on gait in Parkinson's Disease: a study with a portable optical stimulating device"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Effect of optical flow versus attentional strategy on gait in Parkinson's Disease: a study with a portable optical stimulating device | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Open Access Effect of optical flow versus attentional strategy on gait in Parkinson s Disease a study with a portable optical stimulating device Maurizio Ferrarin 1 Marco Rabuffetti1 Mauro Tettamanti2 Riccardo Pignatti3 Alessandro Mauro3 4 and Giovanni Albani3 Address 1Polo Tecnologico IRCCS S. Maria Nascente Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus via Capecelatro 66 - 20148 Milano Italy 2Laboratorio di Neuropsichiatria geriatrica Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri Milano Italy 3Divisione di Neurologia e Neuroriabilitazione Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS Piancavallo Verbania Italy and 4Dipartimento di Neuroscienze Università di Torino Torino Italy Email Maurizio Ferrarin - mferrarin@ Marco Rabuffetti - mrabuffetti@ Mauro Tettamanti - mauro@ Riccardo Pignatti - pignatti@ Alessandro Mauro - mauro@ Giovanni Albani - Corresponding author Published 18 January 2008 Received 13 April 2007 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2008 5 3 doi 1743-0003-5-3 Accepted 18 January 2008 This article is available from http content 5 1 3 2008 Ferrarin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Several studies have demonstrated the capability of PD subjects to improve gait if appropriate visual cues are provided. Possible explanations referred to attentional factors and to the presence of optic flow on peripheral vision. The aim of the present study was to evaluate separately these two mechanisms in a group of fifteen subjects with Parkinson s Disease at different stages and in a group of ten age-matched controls. .