Role of the peripheral nervous system for an appropriate postural preparation during gait initiation in patients with a chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: A pilot study.

Background: Gait initiation is an automatized motor program that is preceded by anticipatory postural adjustments (APAs). During attentional tasks, these APAs can be modulated, producing multiple APAs. However, the role of the peripheral nervous system in the regulation of these APAs is unknown.