Cognitive parameters can predict change of walking performance in advanced Parkinson's disease - Chances and limits of early rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Links between cognition and walking performance in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), which both decline with disease progression, are well known. There is lack of knowledge regarding the predictive value of cognition for changes in walking performance after individualized therapy. The aim of this study is to identify relevant predictive cognitive and affective parameters, measurable in daily clinical routines, for change in quantitative walking performance after early geriatric rehabilitation.

Methods

Forty-seven acutely hospitalized patients with advanced PD were assessed at baseline (T1) and at the end (T2) of a 2-week early rehabilitative geriatric complex treatment (ERGCT). Global cognitive performance (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA), EF and divi

SUBMITTER: Geritz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9813446 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature