Gait Stability Has Phase-Dependent Dual-Task Costs in Parkinson’s Disease

Dual-task (DT) paradigms have been used in gait research to assess the automaticity of locomotion, particularly in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). In people with PD, reliance on cortical control during walking leads to greater interference between cognitive and locomotor tasks. Yet, recent stu...

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Main Authors: Peter C. Fino, Martina Mancini, Carolin Curtze, John G. Nutt, Fay B. Horak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00373/full