Validation of the Auditory Stroop Task to increase cognitive load in walking tasks in healthy elderly and persons with Parkinson's disease.

<h4>Background</h4>The development of treatments for freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) requires experimental study set-ups in which FOG is likely to occur, and is amenable to therapeutic interventions. We explore whether the 'Auditory Stroop Task' (AST) ca...

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Main Authors: S Janssen, J J A Heijs, W van der Meijs, J Nonnekes, M Bittner, L D A Dorresteijn, B R Bloem, R J A van Wezel, T Heida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220735