Freezing of gait is a disabling episodic gait disturbance common in patients with Parkinson's disease. Recent evidences suggest a complex interplay between gait impairment and executive functions. Aim of our study was to evaluate whether specific motor conditions (sitting or walking) influence cognitive performance in patients with or without different types of freezing.

Freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: the paradoxical interplay between gait and cognition

Fasano, Alfonso
2014-01-01

Abstract

Freezing of gait is a disabling episodic gait disturbance common in patients with Parkinson's disease. Recent evidences suggest a complex interplay between gait impairment and executive functions. Aim of our study was to evaluate whether specific motor conditions (sitting or walking) influence cognitive performance in patients with or without different types of freezing.
2014
Cognition
Executive functions
Freezing of gait
Gait
Parkinson's disease
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