Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment

Purpose: We analysed the cognitive influence on walking in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, in the absence of clinical disability. Method: A case-control study was conducted with 12 MS patients with no disability and 12 matched healthy controls. Subjects...

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Main Authors: Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira, Luciano Teixeira dos Santos, Pollyane Galinari Sabino, Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga, Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2013-08-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000800521&lng=en&tlng=en
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author Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira
Luciano Teixeira dos Santos
Pollyane Galinari Sabino
Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga
Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
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Luciano Teixeira dos Santos
Pollyane Galinari Sabino
Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga
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description Purpose: We analysed the cognitive influence on walking in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, in the absence of clinical disability. Method: A case-control study was conducted with 12 MS patients with no disability and 12 matched healthy controls. Subjects were referred for completion a timed walk test of 10 m and a 3D-kinematic analysis. Participants were instructed to walk at a comfortable speed in a dual-task (arithmetic task) condition, and motor planning was measured by mental chronometry. Results: Scores of walking speed and cadence showed no statistically significant differences between the groups in the three conditions. The dual-task condition showed an increase in the double support duration in both groups. Motor imagery analysis showed statistically significant differences between real and imagined walking in patients. Conclusion: MS patients with no disability did not show any influence of divided attention on walking execution. However, motor planning was overestimated as compared with real walking.
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spelling doaj-art-141de1c0d9804dfd8f3768122be3c1882025-08-20T02:04:51ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272013-08-0171852152610.1590/0004-282X20130080S0004-282X2013000800521Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairmentLeandro Alberto Calazans NogueiraLuciano Teixeira dos SantosPollyane Galinari SabinoRegina Maria Papais AlvarengaLuiz Claudio Santos ThulerPurpose: We analysed the cognitive influence on walking in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, in the absence of clinical disability. Method: A case-control study was conducted with 12 MS patients with no disability and 12 matched healthy controls. Subjects were referred for completion a timed walk test of 10 m and a 3D-kinematic analysis. Participants were instructed to walk at a comfortable speed in a dual-task (arithmetic task) condition, and motor planning was measured by mental chronometry. Results: Scores of walking speed and cadence showed no statistically significant differences between the groups in the three conditions. The dual-task condition showed an increase in the double support duration in both groups. Motor imagery analysis showed statistically significant differences between real and imagined walking in patients. Conclusion: MS patients with no disability did not show any influence of divided attention on walking execution. However, motor planning was overestimated as compared with real walking.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000800521&lng=en&tlng=encomprometimento cognitivo leveesclerose multiplacaminhada
spellingShingle Leandro Alberto Calazans Nogueira
Luciano Teixeira dos Santos
Pollyane Galinari Sabino
Regina Maria Papais Alvarenga
Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler
Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
comprometimento cognitivo leve
esclerose multipla
caminhada
title Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
title_full Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
title_fullStr Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
title_full_unstemmed Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
title_short Walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability, but there is a motor planning impairment
title_sort walking execution is not affected by divided attention in patients with multiple sclerosis with no disability but there is a motor planning impairment
topic comprometimento cognitivo leve
esclerose multipla
caminhada
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2013000800521&lng=en&tlng=en
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