title: The effects of visual rhythms and optic flow on stride patterns of patients with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: This study was aimed at determining the effects of rhythmic visual cueing under changing visual conditions on stride frequency in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD; n = 21) and healthy age matched controls (n = 7) while walking at different speeds on a treadmill. Stride frequency and stride length in patients with PD as well as controls were not rigidly coupled to walking speed and could be manipulated with walking speed as well as by using spatial and temporal rhythmic visual cues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, VU University Medical Center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.vanwegen@vumc.nl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van Wegen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de Goede
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nieuwboer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rochester
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hetherington
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berendse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zijlmans
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kwakkel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003463:Cues; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation