Effects of dual-task interference on dexterity performance in people with mild to moderately severe Parkinson's disease: An observational analysis.

Background: Debilitating problems with hand function experienced by people with Parkinson's disease (PD) can worsen during multitasking.

Purpose: To investigate the effects of dual-task interference on a pegboard task in people with mild to moderately severe PD.

Study Design: Descriptive analysis.

Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters in Adults With Premanifest and Manifest Huntington's Disease: A Systematic Review.

Objective: To systematically review and critically evaluate literature on spatiotemporal gait deviations in individuals with premanifest and manifest Huntington's Disease (HD) in comparison with healthy cohorts.

Methods: We conducted a systematic review, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute's Manual for Evidence Synthesis and pre-registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. Eight electronic databases were searched.

Hand dexterity assessment in Parkinson's disease: construct validity of the 9-Hole peg test for the more affected hand.

Purpose: There is limited understanding of the characteristics and evaluation of more affected hand dexterity loss in Parkinson's disease. We described 9-Hole Peg Test performance for the more affected hand and examined the construct validity of these pegboard scores in mild to severe Parkinson's disease. This observational study analysed baseline data from a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

Construct validity of the 9-Hole Peg Test and Purdue Pegboard Test in people with mild to moderately severe Parkinson's disease.

Objectives: To evaluate the construct validity of two dexterity measures, the 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT) and Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) in people with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting: Testing was conducted at the university or in participants' homes.

Measuring Hand Dexterity in People With Parkinson's Disease: Reliability of Pegboard Tests.

Importance: Knowledge regarding the reliability of pegboard tests when used to measure dexterity in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) is currently limited.

Objective: To examine the test-retest and interrater reliability of the 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT) and Purdue Pegboard Test (PPT) in people with PD.

Design: Cross-sectional observational study.

Evaluation of measures of upper limb functioning and disability in people with Parkinson disease: a systematic review.

Objectives: To identify measurement tools used for upper limb evaluation in people with Parkinson disease (PD), to summarize the content of each tool using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, and to examine the reliability, validity, clinical utility, and responsiveness of the measurement tools specific to this clinical group.

Data Sources: Two systematic searches of online databases included articles published from inception to November 2013.

Study Selection: Search 1 identified upper limb measures.

Falls in older people receiving in-home informal care across Victoria: influence on care recipients and caregivers.

Aim: Older people receiving informal care at home appear at high falls risk. This study investigates frequency, circumstances and factors associated with falls risk for older care recipients, and their informal caregivers.

Methods: Ninety-six dyads, recruited from caregiver agencies, underwent a home assessment, including falls risk, function, depression, quality of life, self-rated health and carer burden.

Outcomes of physical therapy, speech pathology, and occupational therapy for people with motor neuron disease: a systematic review.

This article describes a systematic review and critical evaluation of the international literature on the effects of physical therapy, speech pathology, and occupational therapy for people with motor neuron disease (PwMND). The results were interpreted using the framework of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. This enabled us to summarize therapy outcomes at the level of body structure and function, activity limitations, participation restrictions, and quality of life.

Short-term relationships between footstep variables in young adults.

Autocorrelation analyses were used to quantify the short-term relationships between selected footstep variables during steady state, straight-line over-ground walking in 20 healthy young adults. The serial dependency for step length, step time, heel to heel base of support (HHBS) and double limb support time were examined for a minimum of six consecutive steps using an 8.3m GAITRite analysis system.

Evidence for a disorder of locomotor timing in Huntington's disease.

Disturbances of walking have been described in people with Huntington's disease (HD), although the nature of the deficits have not yet been well defined. The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether people with HD have a deficit in the regulation of footstep timing during walking. The footstep patterns of 30 people with HD and 30 matched comparisons were measured at self-selected slow, preferred, and fast speeds.

Effectiveness of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech pathology for people with Huntington's disease: a systematic review.

This review provides a summary of the current literature examining the outcomes of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech pathology interventions for people with Huntington's disease. The literature was retrieved via a systematic search using a combination of key words that included Huntington's disease, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and speech pathology. The electronic databases for Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and PEDro were searched up to May 2002.

Concurrent related validity of the GAITRite walkway system for quantification of the spatial and temporal parameters of gait.

The GAITRite is a portable gait analysis tool for automated measurement of spatiotemporal gait parameters. Although frequently used for clinical and research purposes, the concurrent validity of GAITRite has not been validated against a criterion measure. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the concurrent validity and test retest reliability of the GAITRite carpet walkway system for quantification of spatial and temporal parameters of the footstep pattern.