Impact of forward and backward walking on gait parameters across parkinson's disease stages and severity: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor symptoms altering gait domains such as slow walking speed, reduced step and stride length, and increased double support time. Gait disturbances occur in the early, mild to moderate, and advanced stages of the disease in both backward walking (BW) and forward walking (FW), but are more pronounced in BW. At this point, however, no information is available about BW performance and disease stages specified using the Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) scale. The objectives of this study were to examine the link between clinical scores and gait parameters in PD, and to assess gait parameters in both FW and BW among PD patients in early disease stages (H&Y: 1-2) and advanced disease stages (H&Y: 3-4), as well as among PD patients with mild a

SUBMITTER: Milane T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12418675 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature