Article
Clinical Neurology
Meimei Zhang, Yawen Gan, Xuemei Wang, Zhan Wang, Tao Feng, Yumei Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the correlation between non-motor symptoms and dual-task gait performance in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The results showed that dual-task gait performance can reflect the burden of non-motor symptoms in early-stage PD, and gait cycle duration is a valuable parameter for further research and management of PD.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Li-Li Zhang, Liang Zhang, Jingde Dong, Ying Zhao, Xiao-Ping Wang
Summary: This study aimed to explore the relationship between nutritional status and characteristics of patients with Parkinson's disease with freezing of gait (PDFOG). The results showed that PDFOG patients with malnutrition or at risk of malnutrition had longer disease duration, more motor symptoms, lower body mass index, and more non-motor symptoms. Uric acid, albumin, prealbumin, and total cholesterol levels also differed between the two groups. The study suggests that early discovery of nutritional status is important in PDFOG patients.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Cory A. Potts, Shailesh S. Kantak
Summary: This study compared the anticipatory planning, execution, and coordination of force between stroke patients and neurotypical controls in a naturalistic bimanual common-goal task. The results showed that stroke patients, especially those with right hemisphere damage, have impairments in anticipatory planning and interlimb coordination of symmetric cooperative bimanual tasks. These findings highlight the importance of understanding the effects of stroke on everyday functions.
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
(2023)
Review
Rehabilitation
Yi-Hong Du, Jun Ma, Jing-Yun Hu, Lei Zhu, Li-Yan Wang, Ruo-Yu Yang, Lei-Chao Liang, Men Jiang, Ming Cai, Jun Pu
Summary: This review evaluated the efficacy of dual-task training in patients with Parkinson's disease and found that it is associated with significant improvement in motor and balance abilities.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Cenyi Wang, Guodong Wang, Aming Lu, Ying Zhao
Summary: The study utilized a dual-task paradigm to investigate the effects of attentional control on gait and inter-joint coordination, revealing significant differences in performance between the High Attentional Control (HAC) group and the Low Attentional Control (LAC) group. This suggests that the ability of young adults to maintain gait control and modulate inter-joint coordination patterns in response to gait disturbances is influenced by their level of attentional control.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Constanza San Martin Valenzuela, Lirios Duenas, Jose M. Tomas, Patricia Correa-Ghisays, Pilar Serra-Ano
Summary: This study aimed to identify patient characteristics and clinical test results that predict the functional gait speed of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). The results showed that sociodemographic factors, disease stage, and clinical test results significantly influenced gait speed, emphasizing the multifactorial nature of gait in demanding environments.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Yu-An Chen, Ruey-Meei Wu, Chen-Hsing Sheu, Chin-Hsien Lin, Cheng-Ya Huang
Summary: This study investigated the immediate effect of attentional focus on dual-task walking and the training effect of attentional focus on walking, freezing of gait (FOG), and falls in participants with Parkinson's disease. The findings suggest that external-focus enhances walking automaticity and concurrent task accuracy for non-freezers, while internal-focus increases gait stability and has a positive effect on improving locomotion control and reducing falling risk for freezers.
Article
Neurosciences
Andrew S. Monaghan, Anjanibhargavi Ragothaman, Graham R. Harker, Patricia Carlson-Kuhta, Fay B. Horak, Daniel S. Peterson
Summary: This study assessed the relationship between freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease patients and dual-task cost during walking. The results showed that patients with freezing of gait had worse dual-task cost for specific gait metrics, and cognition played an important role in dual-task ability in these patients.
JOURNAL OF PARKINSONS DISEASE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Lucas R. L. Cardoso, Leonardo M. Pedro, Arturo Forner-Cordero
Summary: This study introduces a bimanual robotic device for motor control and learning research. Experiment results indicate that with practice, movement velocity decreases, reaction time increases, and prehension force decreases.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Jojo Yan Yan Kwok, Robert Smith, Lily Man Lee Chan, Leo Chun Chung Lam, Daniel Yee Tak Fong, Edmond Pui Hang Choi, Kris Yuet Wan Lok, Jung Jae Lee, Man Auyeung, Bastiaan R. Bloem
Summary: This study compared the effectiveness of different behavioral interventions for managing freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease patients. The findings suggest that obstacle training, gait training on treadmill, and general exercises are most likely to reduce the severity of FOG symptoms.
JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Hui-Chun Huang, Chun-Ming Chen, Ming-Kuei Lu, Bey-Ling Liu, Chia-Ing Li, Jui-Cheng Chen, Guei-Jane Wang, Hsiu-Chen Lin, Jeng-Ren Duann, Chon-Haw Tsai
Summary: The study found significant differences in brain activity between PD patients with and without FOG during turning with FOG. Freezers require a higher drive of cortical and locomotion regions to overcome FOG. Increased dorsal visual pathway and deep locomotion region activities might play pivotal roles in tackling FOG in freezers during complex walking.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2021)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Wenjing Song, Hafiz Khuram Raza, Li Lu, Zuohui Zhang, Jie Zu, Wei Zhang, Liguo Dong, Chuanying Xu, Xiangyao Gong, Bingchen Lv, Guiyun Cui
Summary: Freezing of gait is a common and disabling symptom of Parkinson's disease, and studies using fMRI have shown abnormal brain connectivity patterns in PD-FOG patients. Standardized imaging protocols and detailed subtypes of PD-FOG are needed for further elucidation of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Xiaodan Zhang, Weinv Fan, Hu Yu, Li Li, Zhaoying Chen, Qiongfeng Guan
Summary: Gait parameters are potential diagnostic markers for early-stage Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, stride length and heel strike angle were identified as prominent gait parameters that differentiate early-stage PD patients from healthy controls. The study also found that combining all gait parameters from single-task and dual-task walking tests significantly improved the accuracy of diagnosing early-stage PD.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Helena M. Cockx, Eefke M. Lemmen, Richard J. A. van Wezel, Ian G. M. Cameron
Summary: This study aims to provide guidelines for designing doorways for people with freezing and to explore the underlying mechanisms of doorway freezing.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(2023)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Nicolaas I. Bohnen, Prabesh Kanel, Miriam van Emde Boas, Stiven Roytman, Kevin A. Kerber
Summary: This study investigated the relationship between the performance on Romberg test condition 4 and freezing of gait and falls in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The results showed that patients who failed the Romberg condition 4 had a higher prevalence of freezing of gait, while the frequency of falls did not significantly differ between patients with abnormal performance and those without. These findings suggest that deficient vestibular processing may play a specific role in freezing of gait in PD, but not in falls.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Zahra Rahmati, Alfred C. Schouten, Saeed Behzadipour, Ghorban Taghizadeh, Keikhosrow Firoozbakhsh
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Javad Mortazavi, Farzam Farahmand, Saeed Behzadipour, Ali Yeganeh
MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
(2019)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Morteza Shafiei, Saeed Behzadipour
JOURNAL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTICS-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Zahra Rahmati, Saeed Behzadipour, Alfred C. Schouten, Ghorban Taghizadeh, Keikhosrow Firoozbakhsh
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ONLINE
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Alireza Alamdar, Farzam Farahmand, Saeed Behzadipour, Alireza Mirbagheri
MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Morteza Shafiei, Saeed Behzadipour
MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY
(2020)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Mojtaba Sharifi, Saeed Behzadipour, Hassan Salarieh, Mahdi Tavakoli
CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Ehsan Pourghayoomi, Saeed Behzadipour, Mehdi Ramezani, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Gholam Ali Shahidi
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ONLINE
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Adel Baselizadeh, Amir Behjat, Ali Torabi, Saeed Behzadipour
MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS
(2020)
Article
Rehabilitation
Karim Noorollahzadeh, Sedigheh Kahrizi, Mohammad Gholami Fesharaki, Majid Heidarian, Randy Neblett, Saeed Behzadipour
Summary: The study translated and cross-culturally adapted the Central Sensitization Inventory (CSI) into Persian and evaluated its psychometric properties in patients with chronic pain. The results showed that the Persian version of CSI (CSI-Per) demonstrated good reliability and validity in assessing symptoms associated with central sensitization in Persian-speaking patients with chronic pain.
MUSCULOSKELETAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Ali Mousaei, Hosein Taghaddos, Ala Nekouvaght Tak, Saeed Behzadipour, Ulrich Hermann
Summary: The research presents an automated lift path planning system for mobile cranes, leveraging space discretization and an obstacle-avoidance technique from robotics. It efficiently finds the best feasible pick location and optimized collision-free lift path in the polar coordinate system, advancing crane path planning. The system demonstrates superiority over past similar path planning systems in terms of optimality and operational ease through illustrative examples.
JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Mehdi Ramezani, Saeed Behzadipour, Ehsan Pourghayoomi, Mohammad Taghi Joghataei, Elham Shirazi, Angela J. Fawcett
Summary: This study investigated the short-term effects of a new Verbal Working Memory-Balance (VWM-B) program on verbal WM capacity, reading skills, and postural control in Iranian children with developmental dyslexia. The results showed that participants who received training with the VWM-B program performed better in verbal WM capacity, reading skills, and postural control compared to the traditional VWM program. The findings suggest that the automatized postural control resulting from VWM-B training positively impacts verbal WM capacity and reading ability, supporting the cerebellar deficit theory in dyslexia.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Navid Kayhani, Hosein Taghaddos, Ali Mousaei, Saeed Behzadipour, Ulrich Hermann
Summary: This research proposes an automated lift path planning method for heavy crawler cranes, treating the lifted object as a three-degree-of-freedom convex mobile robot with discretized rotational and continuous translational motions. By simplifying lift path planning into a graph search problem, the shortest path for planar motion of the heavy-lift and its optimal pick-point can be identified.
AUTOMATION IN CONSTRUCTION
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
A. Meghdari, S. Behzadipour, M. Abedi