The Spatiotemporal Properties of Navigating Over Surface Transitions in Young Adults, Older Adults, and Individuals With Parkinson's Disease
type: CreativeWork
description: This study demonstrates that individuals of different ages and abilities make gait modifications in response to everyday environmental conditions. While differences in gait between individuals with PD and their healthy peers are well-documented, this study identifies an important difference that indicates a potential safety threat to individuals with PD. If they are less capable of responding to a change in the environment, such as a patch of ice or a curb, they are at greater risk for falling.
abstract: This study demonstrates that individuals of different ages and abilities make gait modifications in response to everyday environmental conditions. While differences in gait between individuals with PD and their healthy peers are well-documented, this study identifies an important difference that indicates a potential safety threat to individuals with PD. If they are less capable of responding to a change in the environment, such as a patch of ice or a curb, they are at greater risk for falling.
author: Peterson, Melissa Lynn
language: eng
keywords: Health Sciences, Rehabilitation and Therapy
date published: 2015-09-28T15:04:22Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:27Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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value: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/86377