Obstacle Avoidance Increases Asymmetry of Crossing Step in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease and Neurologically Healthy Individuals

Barbieri, Fabio Augusto [UNESP]; Simieli, Lucas [UNESP]; Orcioli-Silva, Diego [UNESP]; Baptista, André Macari [UNESP]; Borkowske Pestana, Mayara [UNESP]; Spiandor Beretta, Victor [UNESP]; dos Santos, Paulo Cezar Rocha [UNESP]; Bucken Gobbi, Lilian Teresa [UNESP]

Obstacle Avoidance Increases Asymmetry of Crossing Step in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease and Neurologically Healthy Individuals

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2018-01-02

Autores

Barbieri, Fabio Augusto

Simieli, Lucas

Orcioli-Silva, Diego

Baptista, André Macari

Borkowske Pestana, Mayara

Spiandor Beretta, Victor

dos Santos, Paulo Cezar Rocha

Bucken Gobbi, Lilian Teresa

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The authors' aim was to investigate gait asymmetry of crossing step during obstacle avoidance while walking in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) under and without the effects of dopaminergic medication. Thirteen individuals with PD and 13 neurologically healthy individuals performed 5 trials of unobstructed gait and 10 trials of obstacle crossing during gait (5 trials with each leg) and spatiotemporal parameters were analyzed. Obstacle crossing increased step duration of the crossing step for the most-affected or nondominant limb compared to the crossing step with the least-affected or dominant limb. Individuals with PD without the effects of medication increased step duration for the step with the least-affected limb compared to the step with the most-affected limb during obstacle crossing.