Everyday tasks impair spatiotemporal variables of gait in older adults with Parkinson's disease.

CONCLUSION: Daily-life dual tasks impair the spatiotemporal variables of gait in the older adults with PD, which was most evident during walking talking on the cell phone. PMID: 32217209 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32217209?dopt=Abstract

Source: Human Movement Science - March 29, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Yamada PA, Amaral-Felipe KM, Spinoso DH, Abreu DCC, Stroppa-Marques AEZ, Faganello-Navega FR Tags: Hum Mov Sci Source Type: research

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