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The Effects Of A Home Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Program On Balance Among Individuals With Parkinson’S Disease, Michelle L. Gu
The Effects Of A Home Based Virtual Reality Rehabilitation Program On Balance Among Individuals With Parkinson’S Disease, Michelle L. Gu
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Increasingly, the Nintendo Wii gaming system has been cited as an adjunctive tool for physical rehabilitation, particularly among older adults and individuals with limited mobility. However, evidence supporting “Wii-hab” remains predominantly anecdotal. The present study evaluates the effectiveness of a 12-week home-based exercise program designed around the Wii, in improving balance of individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Fifteen individuals with PD engaged in three 30-minute Wii balance-training sessions per week, for 12 weeks. Balance was assessed using a forceplate in 4 quiet standing conditions of varying difficulty at 3 testing sessions: (1) baseline; (2) 6 weeks; and (3) 12 weeks. …
The Effect Of Concurrent Cognitive, Linguistic And Motor Tasks On Speech Intensity In Parkinson’S Disease, Teresa J. Valenzano
The Effect Of Concurrent Cognitive, Linguistic And Motor Tasks On Speech Intensity In Parkinson’S Disease, Teresa J. Valenzano
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This study investigated the effect of concurrent tasks on speech intensity in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Thirteen PD participants and twenty-two controls performed three tasks concurrent with a speech task. The speech task involved a repeated carrier phrase and a target word. The concurrent tasks involved math addition (cognitive), verb generation (linguistic), and manual visuomotor tracking (motor) at three levels of difficulty. All three concurrent tasks were associated with reduced speech intensity relative to the isolated speech task. The concurrent motor task was generally associated with the greatest reduction in speech intensity. Task performance measures were not significantly different for the …
Loudness Perception And Speech Intensity Control In Parkinson's Disease, Jenna Paula Clark
Loudness Perception And Speech Intensity Control In Parkinson's Disease, Jenna Paula Clark
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This study investigated the role of loudness perception and selected auditory processes in 17 participants with hypophonia related to Parkinson’s disease (PD) and 25 controls. For most of the five loudness perception tasks (magnitude estimation, imitation, speech-to-noise judgment, magnitude production, magnitude production in noise), the PD participants produced a significantly different pattern and used a more restricted range than the controls in their self-generated estimates of speech intensity and judgments of speech loudness. Results from two self-assessment questionnaires (CETI-M, M-SAPP) found that the PD participants perceived themselves as less effective communicators than controls. An audiometric evaluation suggested that the PD …