Dual-Task Treadmill Training for the Prevention of Falls in Parkinson's Disease: Rationale and Study Design

• Main Authors: Veit Mylius (Author), Laura Maes (Author), Katrin Negele (Author), Christine Schmid (Author), Ramona Sylvester (Author), Caroline Sharon Brook (Author), Florian Brugger (Author), Santiago Perez-Lloret (Author), Jens Bansi (Author), Kamiar Aminian (Author), Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu (Author), Roman Gonzenbach (Author), Peter Brugger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Various factors, such as fear of falling, postural instability, and altered executive function, contribute to the high risk of falling in Parkinson's disease (PD). Dual-task training is an established method to reduce this risk. Motor-perceptual task combinations typically require a patient to...