Effects of a 6-Min Treadmill Walking Test on Dual-Task Gait Performance and Prefrontal Hemodynamics in People With Multiple Sclerosis.

ABSTRACT: Fatigue is one of the most limiting symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) and can be subdivided into trait and state fatigue. Activity-induced state fatigue describes the temporary decline in motor and/or cognitive performance (motor and cognitive performance fatigability, respectively) and/or the increase in the perception of fatigue (perceived fatigability) in response to motor or cognitive tasks. To the best of our knowledge, the effects of a 6-min walk test (6MWT), which was often used to assess motor performance fatigability in pwMS, on motor-cognitive dual-task performance (i.e., walking + arithmetic task) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) hemodynamics are not well-known. This is of importance, since daily activities are often performed as multitasks and a worse dual-task walki

SUBMITTER: Broscheid KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9022001 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature