Pavement patterns can be designed to improve gait in Parkinson's disease patients
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21230%2F19%3A00333977" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21230/19:00333977 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68407700:21450/19:00333977 RIV/00216208:11110/19:10398563 RIV/00064165:_____/19:10398563
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27831" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27831</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mds.27831" target="_blank" >10.1002/mds.27831</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pavement patterns can be designed to improve gait in Parkinson's disease patients
Original language description
Background: Public spaces are usually designed with respect to various patient populations, but not Parkinson's disease. The objective of this study was to explore what type of easily applicable visual cueing might be used in public spaces and some interiors to improve gait in people with Parkinson's disease. Methods: Thirty-two patients with freezing of gait walked an 8-meter track on 6 different floor patterns in single- and dual-task conditions in random sequence. The reference pattern was a virtual large transverse chessboard, and the other patterns differed either in size (small floor stones), orientation (diagonal), nature (real paving), regularity (irregular), or no pattern. Time, number of steps, velocity, step length, cadence, and dual-task effect were calculated. The number and total duration of freezing episodes were analyzed. Results: Virtual, large, transverse floor stones improve time (P = 0.0101), velocity (P = 0.0029), number of steps (P = 0.0291), and step length (P = 0.0254) in Parkinson's disease patients compared with walking on no pattern. Virtual floor stones were superior in time and velocity to the real ones. Transverse floor stones were better than diagonal, whereas regular pattern stones were superior to irregular in some gait parameters. Subjectively, the reference pattern was preferred to the irregular one and to no pattern. No direct effect on freezing of gait was observed. Conclusions: Parkinson's disease patients may benefit from floor patterns incorporating transverse oriented large rectangular visual cues. Because public space can be regulated with respect to people with medical conditions, the relevant legislative documents should be extended to allow for parkinsonian gait disorder. 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. 2019 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-23901S" target="_blank" >GA16-23901S: Design of space for people with Parkinson's disease</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
ISSN
0885-3185
e-ISSN
1531-8257
Volume of the periodical
34
Issue of the periodical within the volume
12
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1831-1838
UT code for WoS article
000483169000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85071032185