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The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait
Background: The sequence effect (SE), defined as a reduction in amplitude of repetitive movements, is a common clinical feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is supposed to be a major contributor to freezing of gait (FOG). During walking, SE manifests as a step-by-step reduction in step lengt...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8453149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.723468 |
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author | Putortì, Alessia Corrado, Michele Avenali, Micol Martinelli, Daniele Allena, Marta Cristina, Silvano Grillo, Valentina Martinis, Luca Tamburin, Stefano Serrao, Mariano Pisani, Antonio Tassorelli, Cristina De Icco, Roberto |
author_facet | Putortì, Alessia Corrado, Michele Avenali, Micol Martinelli, Daniele Allena, Marta Cristina, Silvano Grillo, Valentina Martinis, Luca Tamburin, Stefano Serrao, Mariano Pisani, Antonio Tassorelli, Cristina De Icco, Roberto |
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description | Background: The sequence effect (SE), defined as a reduction in amplitude of repetitive movements, is a common clinical feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is supposed to be a major contributor to freezing of gait (FOG). During walking, SE manifests as a step-by-step reduction in step length when approaching a turning point or gait destination, resulting in the so-called destination sequence effect (dSE). Previous studies explored the therapeutic effects of several strategies on SE, but none of them evaluated the role of an intensive rehabilitative program. Objectives: Here we aim to study the effects of a 4-week rehabilitative program on dSE in patients with PD with and without FOG. Methods: Forty-three patients (30 males, 70.6 ± 7.5 years old) with idiopathic PD were enrolled. The subjects were divided into two groups: patients with (PD + FOG, n = 23) and without FOG (PD – FOG, n = 20). All patients underwent a standardized 4-week intensive rehabilitation in-hospital program. At hospital admission (T0) and discharge (T1), all subjects were evaluated with an inertial gait analysis for dSE recording. Results: At T0, the dSE was more negative in the PD + FOG group (−0.80 ± 0.6) when compared to the PD – FOG group (−0.39 ± 0.3) (p = 0.007), even when controlling for several clinical and demographic features. At T1, the dSE was reduced in the overall study population (p = 0.001), with a more pronounced improvement in the PD + FOG group (T0: −0.80 ± 0.6; T1: −0.23 ± 0.4) when compared to the PD – FOG group (T0: −0.39 ± 0.3; T1: −0.22 ± 0.5) (p = 0.012). At T1, we described in the overall study population an improvement in speed, cadence, stride duration, and stride length (p = 0.001 for all variables). Conclusions: dSE is a core feature of PD gait dysfunction, specifically in patients with FOG. A 4-week intensive rehabilitative program improved dSE in PD patients, exerting a more notable beneficial effect in the PD + FOG group. |
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spelling | pubmed-84531492021-09-22 The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait Putortì, Alessia Corrado, Michele Avenali, Micol Martinelli, Daniele Allena, Marta Cristina, Silvano Grillo, Valentina Martinis, Luca Tamburin, Stefano Serrao, Mariano Pisani, Antonio Tassorelli, Cristina De Icco, Roberto Front Neurol Neurology Background: The sequence effect (SE), defined as a reduction in amplitude of repetitive movements, is a common clinical feature of Parkinson's disease (PD) and is supposed to be a major contributor to freezing of gait (FOG). During walking, SE manifests as a step-by-step reduction in step length when approaching a turning point or gait destination, resulting in the so-called destination sequence effect (dSE). Previous studies explored the therapeutic effects of several strategies on SE, but none of them evaluated the role of an intensive rehabilitative program. Objectives: Here we aim to study the effects of a 4-week rehabilitative program on dSE in patients with PD with and without FOG. Methods: Forty-three patients (30 males, 70.6 ± 7.5 years old) with idiopathic PD were enrolled. The subjects were divided into two groups: patients with (PD + FOG, n = 23) and without FOG (PD – FOG, n = 20). All patients underwent a standardized 4-week intensive rehabilitation in-hospital program. At hospital admission (T0) and discharge (T1), all subjects were evaluated with an inertial gait analysis for dSE recording. Results: At T0, the dSE was more negative in the PD + FOG group (−0.80 ± 0.6) when compared to the PD – FOG group (−0.39 ± 0.3) (p = 0.007), even when controlling for several clinical and demographic features. At T1, the dSE was reduced in the overall study population (p = 0.001), with a more pronounced improvement in the PD + FOG group (T0: −0.80 ± 0.6; T1: −0.23 ± 0.4) when compared to the PD – FOG group (T0: −0.39 ± 0.3; T1: −0.22 ± 0.5) (p = 0.012). At T1, we described in the overall study population an improvement in speed, cadence, stride duration, and stride length (p = 0.001 for all variables). Conclusions: dSE is a core feature of PD gait dysfunction, specifically in patients with FOG. A 4-week intensive rehabilitative program improved dSE in PD patients, exerting a more notable beneficial effect in the PD + FOG group. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8453149/ /pubmed/34557151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.723468 Text en Copyright © 2021 Putortì, Corrado, Avenali, Martinelli, Allena, Cristina, Grillo, Martinis, Tamburin, Serrao, Pisani, Tassorelli and De Icco. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Putortì, Alessia Corrado, Michele Avenali, Micol Martinelli, Daniele Allena, Marta Cristina, Silvano Grillo, Valentina Martinis, Luca Tamburin, Stefano Serrao, Mariano Pisani, Antonio Tassorelli, Cristina De Icco, Roberto The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title | The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title_full | The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title_fullStr | The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title_full_unstemmed | The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title_short | The Effects of Intensive Neurorehabilitation on Sequence Effect in Parkinson's Disease Patients With and Without Freezing of Gait |
title_sort | effects of intensive neurorehabilitation on sequence effect in parkinson's disease patients with and without freezing of gait |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8453149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557151 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2021.723468 |
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