Effects of Parkinson’s Disease and a Secondary Cognitive Task on Standing Postural Stability

Vu Phan, Daniel S. Peterson, Sutton B. Richmond, Hyunglae Lee

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Abstract

With recent successes in characterizing standing postural stability of people with neurological disorders, Time-to-Boundary (TTB) measures have potential to provide deeper insights into the impacts of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and dual tasking on postural control. The TTB captures the critical relationship between the body sway and base of support, not incorporated into traditional stability measures. However, few studies have evaluated TTB in people with PD. The purpose of this study is to extend the existing work on how PD and a distracting cognitive task impacts standing postural stability. Different TTB measures were applied to data from fourteen PD and thirteen neurotypical adults (NA) subjects. Our results indicate that TTB measures are significantly worse in PD than NA subjects regardless of the existence of a secondary cognitive task. Further, medio-lateral TTB (but not anterior-posterior or 2-dimensional) was significantly negatively affected by the secondary cognitive task in both PD and NA groups.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationBiosystems and Biorobotics
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages311-316
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameBiosystems and Biorobotics
Volume28
ISSN (Print)2195-3562
ISSN (Electronic)2195-3570

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

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