Immersive Technology for Cognitive-Motor Training in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT: Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which the progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons (DA) leads to initially sporadic and eventually widespread damage of the nervous system resulting in significant musculoskeletal and cognitive deterioration. Loss of motor function alongside increasing cognitive impairment is part of the natural disease progression. Gait is often considered an automatic activity; however, walking is the result of a delicate balance of multiple systems which maintain the body's center of mass over an ever-changing base of support. It is a complex motor behavior that requires components of attention and memory to prevent falls and injury. In addition, evidence points to the critical role of salient visual information to gait adapta

SUBMITTER: Lau J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124833 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature