How is visual information used for the control of locomotion in patients with Parkinson's Disease?

• Grant number: 12/03456-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: December 10, 2012
• End date: July 09, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Physical Education
• Principal Investigator: Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi
• Grantee: Rodrigo Vitório
• Supervisor: Quincy J. Almeida
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Rio Claro. Rio Claro , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
• Associated to the scholarship: 10/07040-0 - Locomotor behavior, clinical parameters, falls incidence, and physical activity level in Parkinson disease patients. A two-year longitudinal study., BP.DR

Abstract

Although people with Parkinson's disease (PD) can use environmental visual cues to improve gait parameters, it has not been established the kind of visual information (exproprioceptive or exteroceptive) that is critical for the benefits of visual cues on gait parameters in PD. Furthermore, none has investigated how patients with PD use visual information to control foot placement on specific locations. Current research project proposes two experiments that will be carried out to fill these gaps in the literature. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VITORIO, RODRIGO; GOBBI, LILIAN T. B.; LIRANI-SILVA, ELLEN; MORAES, RENATO; ALMEIDA, QUINCY J.. Synchrony of gaze and stepping patterns in people with Parkinson's disease. Behavioural Brain Research, v. 307, p. 159-164, JUL 1 2016. (10/07040-0, 12/03456-2)

VITORIO, R.; LIRANI-SILVA, E.; PIERUCCINI-FARIA, F.; MORAES, R.; GOBBI, L. T. B.; ALMEIDA, Q. J.. VISUAL CUES AND GAIT IMPROVEMENT IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE: WHICH PIECE OF INFORMATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT?. Neuroscience, v. 277, p. 273-280, SEP 26 2014. (12/03456-2)