Walking Economy During Cued Versus Non-Cued Self-Selected Treadmill Walking in Persons with Parkinson's Disease

M. Gallo, Paul; L. McIsaac, Tara; Ewing Garber, Carol

doi:10.3233/jpd-140445

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Walking Economy During Cued Versus Non-Cued Self-Selected Treadmill Walking in Persons with Parkinson's Disease

Published in Journal of Parkinson s Disease • Jan 1, 2014

Authors:

Paul M. Gallo

Tara L. McIsaac

Carol Ewing Garber

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gait impairments related to Parkinson's disease (PD) include variable step length and decreased walking velocity, which may result in poorer walking economy. Auditory cueing is a common method used to improve gait mechanics in PD that has been shown to worsen walking economy at set tread...

Subject

Cued speech

Treadmill

Power walking

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