How Does Postural Control in Patients with Functional Motor Disorders Adapt to Multitasking-Based Immersive Virtual Reality?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Motor symptoms in functional motor disorders (FMDs) refer to involuntary, but learned, altered movement patterns associated with aberrant self-focus, sense of agency, and belief/expectations. These conditions commonly lead to impaired posture control, raising the likelihood of falls and disability. Utilizing visual and cognitive tasks to manipulate attentional focus, virtual reality (VR) integrated with posturography is a promising tool for exploring postural control disorders.

Objectives

To investigate whether postural control can be adapted by manipulating attentional focus in a 3D immersive VR environment.

Methods

We compared postural parameters in 17 FMDs patients and 19 age-matched healthy controls over a single session under four increasingly more com

SUBMITTER: Gandolfi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982601 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature