Factors Associated With Responsiveness to Gait and Balance Training in People With Parkinson Disease
Factors Associated With Responsiveness to Gait and Balance Training in People With Parkinson Disease
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DOI:
10.1097/npt.0000000000000246
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发表时间:
2019-01-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Franzen, Erika
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作者:
Lofgren, Niklas;Conradsson, David;Franzen, Erika
Background and Purpose: Although increasing evidence supports the benefit-of exercise among peoplewith Parkinson disease (PwPD), it is unclear whether a given exercise modality suits all PwPD, given the heterogeneity of the disease. The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with responsiveness to a highly challenging training intervention that incorporated dual-task exercises.Methods: Forty-seven PwPD (mean age: 73 years; 19 females, Hoehn and Yahr stages 2-3) who had participated in 10 weeks of highly challenging gait and balance training were included. Baseline demographics, disease-related factors, physical and cognitive ability, and perceived health were used for the prediction of percent change in balance performance (the Mini-BESTest) and comfortable gait speed between the pre-and postassessments, using multiple linear regression analyses.Results: Thirty-five percent of the variance of change in balance performance was explained by General Health Perceptions (beta =-0.36), the Timed Up and Go test (beta = -0.33), and the single-task performance of a cognitive task (beta =-0.24). Forty-nine percent of change in gait speed was explained by gait speed while performing a dual task (beta = -0.46), dual-task interference while walking (beta = 0.43), time to complete the Timed Up and Go test (beta = -0.29), and percent error on a cognitive task (beta = -0.25).Discussion and Conclusions: The results may suggest that the PwPD with overall lower perceived health, functional mobility, and cognitive functions are the ones most likely to benefit from highly challenging and attention-demanding gait and balance training.