Dual Task Performance in Parkinson’s Disease
Several studies have found dual tasking to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but unaffected by healthy ageing. It is not known if this deficit is specific to AD, or also present in other neurodegenerative disorders that can occur in later life, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Ther...
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| description | Several studies have found dual tasking to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but unaffected by healthy ageing. It is not known if this deficit is specific to AD, or also present in other neurodegenerative disorders that can occur in later life, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, this study investigated dual tasking in 13 people with PD, 26 AD and 42 healthy age-matched controls. The people with AD demonstrated a specific impairment in dual tasking, which worsened with increasing disease severity. The people with PD did not demonstrate any deficits in dual tasking ability, when compared to healthy controls, suggesting that the dual task impairment is specific to AD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-629163a3a8614ee9955bc214a6147d552025-02-03T01:06:21ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842013-01-0127218319110.3233/BEN-110238Dual Task Performance in Parkinson’s DiseaseJennifer A. Foley0Reiner Kaschel1Sergio Della Sala2Department of Neuropsychology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, GermanyHuman Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UKSeveral studies have found dual tasking to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but unaffected by healthy ageing. It is not known if this deficit is specific to AD, or also present in other neurodegenerative disorders that can occur in later life, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, this study investigated dual tasking in 13 people with PD, 26 AD and 42 healthy age-matched controls. The people with AD demonstrated a specific impairment in dual tasking, which worsened with increasing disease severity. The people with PD did not demonstrate any deficits in dual tasking ability, when compared to healthy controls, suggesting that the dual task impairment is specific to AD.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-110238 |
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| title | Dual Task Performance in Parkinson’s Disease |
| title_full | Dual Task Performance in Parkinson’s Disease |
| title_fullStr | Dual Task Performance in Parkinson’s Disease |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-110238 |
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