Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Effect of gait speed on gait rhythmicity in Parkinson's disease: variability of stride time and swing time respond differently | Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation BioMed Central Research Open Access Effect of gait speed on gait rhythmicity in Parkinson s disease variability of stride time and swing time respond differently Silvi Frenkel-Toledo2 Nir Giladi1 2 3 Chava Peretz1 2 Talia Herman1 2 Leor Gruendlinger1 and Jeffrey M Hausdorff 1 2 4 Address 1Movement Disorders Unit Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Tel-Aviv Israel 2Department of Physical Therapy Sackler School of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Israel 3Department of Neurology Sackler School of Medicine Tel-Aviv University Israel and 4Division on Aging Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA Email Silvi Frenkel-Toledo - silvi197@ Nir Giladi - ngiladi@ Chava Peretz - cperetz@ Talia Herman - talit@ Leor Gruendlinger - leor_gg@ Jeffrey M Hausdorff - jhausdor@ Corresponding author Published 31 July 2005 Received 27 March 2005 Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2005 2 23 doi 1743- Accepted 31 July 2005 0003-2-23 This article is available from http content 2 1 23 2005 Frenkel-Toledo et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The ability to maintain a steady gait rhythm is impaired in patients with Parkinson s disease PD . This aspect of locomotor dyscontrol which likely reflects impaired automaticity in PD can be quantified by measuring the stride-to-stride variability of gait timing. Previous work has shown an increase in both the variability of the stride time and swing time in PD but the origins of these changes are not fully understood. Patients with PD also generally walk with a reduced gait speed a potential confounder of the
