Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes attentional deficits and worse dual-task (DT) performance, which increases the risk of being run over. In addition to motor deficits, the decision-making ability and the response to external stimuli are impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatiotempora...

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Main Authors: Carolina Favarin Soares, Aline Prieto Silveira-Ciola, Lucas Simieli, Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada, Fábio Augusto Barbieri, Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega
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author Carolina Favarin Soares
Aline Prieto Silveira-Ciola
Lucas Simieli
Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada
Fábio Augusto Barbieri
Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega
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description Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes attentional deficits and worse dual-task (DT) performance, which increases the risk of being run over. In addition to motor deficits, the decision-making ability and the response to external stimuli are impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatiotemporal parameters of gait during everyday tasks of individuals with PD, specifically during street crossing simulation, obstacle circumvention, and motor DT. People with PD (PG) and matched controls (CG) were distributed into two groups and were evaluated under six different gait and randomized conditions: without a concomitant task (NW); with obstacle circumvention (OC); and four other conditions under simulation of street crossing (without concomitant task (SC); with obstacle circumvention (SC<sub>OC</sub>); carrying bags (SC<sub>B</sub>); and carrying bags concomitant to obstacle circumvention (SC<sub>OC+B</sub>)). The CG group had greater values for all parameters compared to PG, except for double support time. This study’s results found that individuals with PD took smaller, narrower, slower, and shorter steps when compared to neurologically healthy older people and that there was a change in the spatiotemporal gait parameters of all individuals, except for the step-duration parameter under the most difficult crossing conditions.
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spelling doaj-art-919c5e35053e4f51a047af1c3d1616392025-08-20T02:21:07ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292025-05-0115690010.3390/life15060900Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s DiseaseCarolina Favarin Soares0Aline Prieto Silveira-Ciola1Lucas Simieli2Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada3Fábio Augusto Barbieri4Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega5Institute of Biosciences, Graduate Program in Human Development and Technologies, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, BrazilInstitute of Biosciences, Graduate Program in Human Development and Technologies, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, BrazilGraduate Program in Movement Sciences, Human Movement Research Laboratory (MOVI-LAB), Department of Physical Education, School of Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru 17033-360, SP, BrazilResearch Laboratory of Neuromuscular Disorders (LIDEN), Department of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy, School of Philosophy and Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Marília 01049-010, SP, BrazilGraduate Program in Movement Sciences, Human Movement Research Laboratory (MOVI-LAB), Department of Physical Education, School of Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Bauru 17033-360, SP, BrazilInstitute of Biosciences, Graduate Program in Human Development and Technologies, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Rio Claro 13506-900, SP, BrazilParkinson’s disease (PD) causes attentional deficits and worse dual-task (DT) performance, which increases the risk of being run over. In addition to motor deficits, the decision-making ability and the response to external stimuli are impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate the spatiotemporal parameters of gait during everyday tasks of individuals with PD, specifically during street crossing simulation, obstacle circumvention, and motor DT. People with PD (PG) and matched controls (CG) were distributed into two groups and were evaluated under six different gait and randomized conditions: without a concomitant task (NW); with obstacle circumvention (OC); and four other conditions under simulation of street crossing (without concomitant task (SC); with obstacle circumvention (SC<sub>OC</sub>); carrying bags (SC<sub>B</sub>); and carrying bags concomitant to obstacle circumvention (SC<sub>OC+B</sub>)). The CG group had greater values for all parameters compared to PG, except for double support time. This study’s results found that individuals with PD took smaller, narrower, slower, and shorter steps when compared to neurologically healthy older people and that there was a change in the spatiotemporal gait parameters of all individuals, except for the step-duration parameter under the most difficult crossing conditions.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/6/900Parkinson’s diseasegaitdual taskmotor control
spellingShingle Carolina Favarin Soares
Aline Prieto Silveira-Ciola
Lucas Simieli
Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada
Fábio Augusto Barbieri
Flávia Roberta Faganello-Navega
Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
Life
Parkinson’s disease
gait
dual task
motor control
title Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_fullStr Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_short Obstacle Circumvention and Motor Daily Dual Task During a Simulation of Street Crossing by Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease
title_sort obstacle circumvention and motor daily dual task during a simulation of street crossing by individuals with parkinson s disease
topic Parkinson’s disease
gait
dual task
motor control
url https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/15/6/900
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