Common daily activities in the virtual environment: a preliminary study in parkinsonian patients

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) create behavioral motor strategies by using external cues to facilitate their movements. Virtual reality (VR) could work as an external stimulus in order to explore the motor plans by means of creation of mental images. We tested 2 women with PD aged 68 an...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inNeurological sciences Vol. 23 Suppl 2; pp. S49 - s50
Main Authors Albani, G, Pignatti, R, Bertella, L, Priano, L, Semenza, C, Molinari, E, Riva, G, Mauro, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy Springer Nature B.V 01.09.2002
Subjects
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Case-Control Studies
Cues
Environment
Female
Humans
Motor Activity
Movement
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neurosciences
Parkinson Disease - rehabilitation
Parkinson Disease - therapy
Psychomotor Performance
User-Computer Interface
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) create behavioral motor strategies by using external cues to facilitate their movements. Virtual reality (VR) could work as an external stimulus in order to explore the motor plans by means of creation of mental images. We tested 2 women with PD aged 68 and 69 years, and 10 normal control subjects. Patients underwent a neuropsychological assessment to evaluate cognitive abilities involved in the tasks required by the VR session. VR environment reproduces common daily activities situations at home, such as eating or using the bathroom. VR describes the alterations of the motor plans in PD by a point of view different from the clinical one, by testing "pure" mental sequences of the execution of a movement, without the interference of motor disability.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 23
ISSN:1590-1874
1590-3478
DOI:10.1007/s100720200064