双重步行步幅在患有帕金森病更严重的人群中增加得更快
Jennie Burns1, Reid D Landes2, Lakshmi Pillai3
1College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA.
Parkinsonism & related disorders
|August 3, 2024
概括
在患有帕金森病 (PwPD) 的患者中,双重步行的步幅逐渐扩大,特别是在那些患有更严重的Hoehn和Yahr (H&Y) 阶段的人中. 这凸显了步态分析在管理PwPD失衡方面的重要性.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 步态分析 步态分析
- 运动障碍 运动障碍
背景情况:
- 双重步行表现是帕金森病 (PwPD) 患者跌倒风险的已知预测因素.
- 之前的研究表明,随着Hoehn和Yahr (H&Y) 在PwPD中的分级分数增加,并联步的步幅会增加.
- 相对于疾病严重程度的同时步行缺陷的纵向进展需要进一步调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定PwPD中双行走缺陷的进展是否取决于疾病的严重程度.
- 纵向评估与H&Y阶段相关的同时步行参数随时间变化的变化.
主要方法:
- 在至少两年内,每6个月进行一次仪器化并列步态测量.
- 分析了步幅,步长,步时间和步速的平均值和可变性.
- 随机系数回归模拟了H&Y组 (1, 2, 2.5+) 和对照组之间的随时间变化. 年度变化与最初的疾病特征相关.
主要成果:
- 平均步幅每年以H&Y阶段依赖的方式增加,H&Y 2组和2.5+组分别每年增加6%和10%.
- 年度步幅变化与初始电机UPDRS,总UPDRS和H&Y分数相关.
- 步幅进展与蒙特利尔认知评估 (MoCA) 成绩相反相关.
结论:
- 在患有更严重帕金森病的个体中,随着时间的推移,双重步行的步幅会更快地扩大.
- 这些发现强调了例行并行步行评估对管理PwPD失衡的临床意义.
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