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Del Bene VA, Martin RC, Brinkerhoff SA, Olson JW, Nelson MJ, Marotta D, Gonzalez CL, Mills KA, Kamath V, Cutter G, Hurt CP, Wade M, Robinson FG, Bentley JN, Guthrie BL, Knight RT, Walker HC. Differential Cognitive Effects of Unilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease. Ann Neurol 2024; 95:1205-1219. [PMID: 38501317 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 02/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the cognitive effects of unilateral directional versus ring subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease. METHODS We examined 31 participants who underwent unilateral STN DBS (left n = 17; right n = 14) as part of an National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored randomized, double-blind, crossover study contrasting directional versus ring stimulation. All participants received unilateral DBS implants in the hemisphere more severely affected by motor parkinsonism. Measures of cognition included verbal fluency, auditory-verbal memory, and response inhibition. We used mixed linear models to contrast the effects of directional versus ring stimulation and implant hemisphere on longitudinal cognitive function. RESULTS Crossover analyses showed no evidence for group-level changes in cognitive performance related to directional versus ring stimulation. Implant hemisphere, however, impacted cognition in several ways. Left STN participants had lower baseline verbal fluency than patients with right implants (t [20.66 = -2.50, p = 0.02]). Verbal fluency declined after left (p = 0.013) but increased after right STN DBS (p < 0.001), and response inhibition was faster following right STN DBS (p = 0.031). Regardless of hemisphere, delayed recall declined modestly over time versus baseline (p = 0.001), and immediate recall was unchanged. INTERPRETATION Directional versus ring STN DBS did not differentially affect cognition. Similar to prior bilateral DBS studies, unilateral left stimulation worsened verbal fluency performance. In contrast, unilateral right STN surgery increased performance on verbal fluency and response inhibition tasks. Our findings raise the hypothesis that unilateral right STN DBS in selected patients with predominant right brain motor parkinsonism could mitigate declines in verbal fluency associated with the bilateral intervention. ANN NEUROL 2024;95:1205-1219.
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- Victor A Del Bene
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Raffegeau TE, Brinkerhoff SA, Clark M, McBride AD, Mark Williams A, Fino PC, Fawver B. Walking (and talking) the plank: dual-task performance costs in a virtual balance-threatening environment. Exp Brain Res 2024; 242:1237-1250. [PMID: 38536454 PMCID: PMC11078829 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-024-06807-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
Abstract
We evaluated the effects of engaging in extemporaneous speech in healthy young adults while they walked in a virtual environment meant to elicit low or high levels of mobility-related anxiety. We expected that mobility-related anxiety imposed by a simulated balance threat (i.e., virtual elevation) would impair walking behavior and lead to greater dual-task costs. Altogether, 15 adults (age = 25.6 ± 4.7 yrs, 7 women) walked at their self-selected speed within a VR environment that simulated a low (ground) and high elevation (15 m) setting while speaking extemporaneously (dual-task) or not speaking (single-task). Likert-scale ratings of cognitive and somatic anxiety, confidence, and mental effort were evaluated and gait speed, step length, and step width, as well as the variability of each, was calculated for every trial. Silent speech pauses (> 150 ms) were determined from audio recordings to infer the cognitive costs of extemporaneous speech planning at low and high virtual elevation. Results indicated that the presence of a balance threat and the inclusion of a concurrent speech task both perturbed gait kinematics, but the virtual height illusion led to increased anxiety and mental effort and a decrease in confidence. The extemporaneous speech pauses were longer on average when walking, but no effects of virtual elevation were reported. Trends toward interaction effects arose in self-reported responses, with participants reporting more comfort walking at virtual heights if they engaged in extemporaneous speech. Walking at virtual elevation and while talking may have independent and significant effects on gait; both effects were robust and did not support an interaction when combined (i.e., walking and talking at virtual heights). The nature of extemporaneous speech may have distracted participants from the detrimental effects of walking in anxiety-inducing settings.
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- Tiphanie E Raffegeau
- George Mason University, School of Kinesiology, 10890 George Mason Circle, Katherine Johnson Hall 201G, MSN 4E5, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- George Mason University, School of Kinesiology, 10890 George Mason Circle, Katherine Johnson Hall 201G, MSN 4E5, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Department of Health and Human Performance, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Human Health, Resilience and Performance, Pensacola, FL, USA
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- Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research-West, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA, USA
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Monaghan PG, Knight AD, Brinkerhoff SA, Harrison KD, Dearth CL, Hendershot BD, Sefton JM, Zabala M, Vazquez A, Shannon D, Crumbley D, Roper JA. Characterization of initial ankle-foot prosthesis prescription patterns in U.S. Service members following unilateral transtibial amputation. Front Rehabil Sci 2023; 4:1235693. [PMID: 37691914 PMCID: PMC10485831 DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1235693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Introduction The purpose of this study was to explore relationships between patient-specific characteristics and initial ankle-foot prosthesis prescription patterns among U.S. Service members with unilateral transtibial limb loss. Methods A retrospective review of health records identified 174 individuals with unilateral transtibial limb loss who received care at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center between 2001 and 2019. We examined patient-specific factors such as demographics, participant duty status at injury and amputation, amputation etiology, and timing between injury, amputation, and initial prescription. The type of first prescribed ankle-foot prosthesis was categorized as energy storing and return - nonarticulating, energy storing and return - articulating, or computer controlled. Results Sex, amputation etiology, time from injury to initial prescription, and time from amputation to initial prescription differed by type of initial ankle-foot prosthesis prescription. Service members with shorter intervals between injury-initial prescription and amputation-initial prescription, and those injured by combat blast, were more likely to receive a non-articulating device. Incorporating sex, time from injury-initial prescription, time from amputation-initial prescription, and amputation etiology as predictors of prosthesis type, we were able to correctly classify 72% of all first prostheses prescribed. Discussion Patient-specific characteristics such as sex, the time between injury-initial prescription, time from amputation-initial prescription and amputation etiology are essential characteristics that influence initial ankle-foot prosthesis prescription patterns in U.S. Service members.
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- Research & Surveillance Section, Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA, United States
- Department of Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Research & Surveillance Section, Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA, United States
- Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences—Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Research & Surveillance Section, Extremity Trauma and Amputation Center of Excellence, Defense Health Agency, Falls Church, VA, United States
- Department of Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States
- Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
- Department of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL, United States
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- Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- School of Nursing, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States
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Brinkerhoff SA, Sánchez N, Roper JA. Habitual exercise evokes fast and persistent adaptation during split-belt walking. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0286649. [PMID: 37267314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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Changing movement patterns in response to environmental perturbations is a critical aspect of gait and is related to reducing the energetic cost of the movement. Exercise improves energetic capacity for submaximal exercise and may affect how people adapt movement to reach an energetic minimum. The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-reported exercise behavior influences gait adaptation in young adults. Young adults who met the optimal volume of exercise according to the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (MOVE; n = 19) and young adults who did not meet the optimal volume of exercise (notMOVE; n = 13) walked on a split-belt treadmill with one belt moving twice the speed of the other belt for 10 minutes. Step length asymmetry (SLA) and mechanical work done by each leg were measured. Nonlinear mixed effects models compared the time course of adaptation between MOVE and notMOVE, and t-tests compared net work at the end of adaptation between MOVE and notMOVE. Compared to notMOVE, MOVE had a faster initial response to the split belt treadmill, and continued to adapt over the duration of split-belt treadmill walking. Young adults who engage in sufficient amounts of exercise responded more quickly to the onset of a perturbation, and throughout the perturbation they continued to explore movement strategies, which might be related to reduction of energetic cost. Our findings provide insights into the multisystem positive effects of exercise, including walking adaptation.
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- Sarah A Brinkerhoff
- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Physical Therapy, Chapman University, Irvine, California, United States of America
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Brinkerhoff SA, Murrah WM, Roper JA. The relationship between gait speed and mediolateral stability depends on a person's preferred speed. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6056. [PMID: 37055464 PMCID: PMC10102176 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32948-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
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Mediolateral stability during walking requires active control and is complex. Step width, a proxy for stability, follows a curvilinear relationship as gait speeds increase. However, despite the complexity of maintenance for stability, no study has yet investigated the variation across individuals of the relationship between speed and step width. The purpose of this study was to determine if variation between adults affects the estimation of the relationship between speed and step width. Participants walked on a pressurized walkway 72 times. Gait speed and step width were measured within each trial. Mixed effects models assessed the relationship between gait speed and step width, and the variability in the relationship across participants. The relationship between speed and step width followed a reverse J-curve on average, but the relationship was moderated by participants' preferred speed. Step width response as speed increases is not homogenous in adults. This finding suggests that "appropriate" stability moderation (tested across a range of speeds) differs as a function of an individual's preferred speed. Mediolateral stability is complex, and further research to elucidate individual factors contributing to variation is needed.
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- Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
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Del Bene VA, Martin RC, Brinkerhoff SA, Olson JW, Nelson MJ, Marotta D, Gonzalez CL, Mills KA, Kamath V, Bentley JN, Guthrie BL, Knight RT, Walker HC. Differential cognitive effects of unilateral left and right subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease. medRxiv 2023:2023.02.27.23286478. [PMID: 36909562 PMCID: PMC10002774 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.27.23286478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Objective To investigate hemispheric effects of directional versus ring subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery on cognitive function in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods We examined 31 PD patients (Left STN n = 17; Right STN n = 14) who underwent unilateral subthalamic nucleus (STN) DBS as part of a NIH-sponsored randomized, cross-over, double-blind (ring vs directional) clinical trial. Outcome measures were tests of verbal fluency, auditory-verbal memory, and response inhibition. First, all participants were pooled together to study the effects of directional versus ring stimulation. Then, we stratified the groups by surgery hemisphere and studied the longitudinal changes in cognition post-unilateral STN DBS. Results Relative to pre-DBS cognitive baseline performances, there were no group changes in cognition following unilateral DBS for either directional or ring stimulation. However, assessment of unilateral DBS by hemisphere revealed a different pattern. The left STN DBS group had lower verbal fluency than the right STN group (t(20.66 = -2.50, p = 0.02). Over a period of eight months post-DBS, verbal fluency declined in the left STN DBS group (p = 0.013) and improved in the right STN DBS group over time (p < .001). Similarly, response inhibition improved following right STN DBS (p = 0.031). Immediate recall did not significantly differ over time, nor was it affected by implant hemisphere, but delayed recall equivalently declined over time for both left and right STN DBS groups (left STN DBS p = 0.001, right STN DBS differ from left STN DBS p = 0.794). Conclusions Directional and ring DBS did not differentially or adversely affect cognition over time. Regarding hemisphere effects, verbal fluency decline was observed in those who received left STN DBS, along with the left and right STN DBS declines in delayed memory. The left STN DBS verbal fluency decrement is consistent with prior bilateral DBS research, likely reflecting disruption of the basal-ganglia-thalamocortical network connecting STN and inferior frontal gyrus. Interestingly, we found an improvement in verbal fluency and response inhibition following right STN DBS. It is possible that unilateral STN DBS, particularly in the right hemisphere, may mitigate cognitive decline.
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- Victor A Del Bene
- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
- The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
- The Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Brinkerhoff SA, Mathew GM, Murrah WM, Chang AM, Roper JA, Neely KA. Sleep restriction impairs visually and memory-guided force control. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274121. [PMID: 36054227 PMCID: PMC9439228 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sleep loss is a common phenomenon with consequences to physical and mental health. While the effects of sleep restriction on working memory are well documented, it is unknown how sleep restriction affects continuous force control. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of sleep restriction on visually and memory-guided force production magnitude and variability. We hypothesized that both visually and memory-guided force production would be impaired after sleep restriction. Fourteen men participated in an eleven-day inpatient sleep study and completed a grip force task after two nights of ten hours’ time in bed (baseline); four nights of five hours’ time in bed (sleep restriction); and one night of ten hours’ time in bed (recovery). The force task entailed four 20-second trials of isometric force production with the thumb and index finger targeting 25% of the participant’s maximum voluntary contraction. During visually guided trials, participants had continuous visual feedback of their force production. During memory-guided trials, visual feedback was removed for the last 12 seconds of each trial. During both conditions, participants were told to maintain the target force production. After sleep restriction, participants decreased the magnitude of visually guided, but not memory-guided, force production, suggesting that visual attention tasks are more affected by sleep loss than memory-guided tasks. Participants who reported feeling more alert after sleep restriction and recovery sleep produced higher force during memory-guided, but not visually guided, force production, suggesting that the perception of decreased alertness may lead to more attention to the task during memory-guided visual tasks.
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- Sarah A. Brinkerhoff
- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- Program in Public Health, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Monaghan PG, Brinkerhoff SA, Roper JA. Physical activity does not impact mediolateral margin of stability across a range of postural-perturbing conditions in young adults. Gait Posture 2022; 96:236-243. [PMID: 35700641 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.05.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The maintenance of stability during walking is critical for successful locomotion. While targeted balance training can improve stability, it is unclear how simply meeting recommended physical activity guidelines may impact dynamic stability in healthy young adults. RESEARCH QUESTION Examining the differences in the mediolateral margin of stability (ML-MOS) and the variability of the ML-MOS in physically active and inactive young adults across a range of stability-challenging walking tasks METHOD: Twenty-one physically active and twenty inactive young adults completed four experimental walking conditions: (1) Overground Walking, (2) Tandem Walking, (3) Beam Walking, and (4) Stepping-Stones. The ML-MOS and coefficient of variation of the ML-MOS were calculated at each heel strike while participants walked at their preferred walking speed. A two-way mixed-effects ANOVA was conducted to examine the effects of group and condition and their interaction on ML-MOS and ML-MOS variability RESULTS: Neither the ML-MOS nor the variability of the ML-MOS was significantly different between physically active and physically inactive young adults during any experimental walking conditions. A significant main effect of the experimental walking condition was observed, with the ML-MOS decreasing from overground walking to the tandem and beam walking conditions. The ML-MOS also became more variable in the tandem, beam, and stepping-stones conditions than in overground gait. SIGNIFICANCE Physical activity status did not influence frontal plane dynamic balance in healthy young adults, even in stability-challenging environments. Conditions that constrain step width, such as tandem and beam walking, are adequate for challenging frontal plane dynamic balance and indicate that trunk kinematics may be adjusted when step width is constrained.
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Brinkerhoff SA, Murrah WM, Hutchison Z, Miller M, Roper JA. Words matter: instructions dictate "self-selected" walking speed in young adults. Gait Posture 2022; 95:223-226. [PMID: 31395467 DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.07.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Variability in gait speed is influenced by age and health status. However, no study has investigated the effects of different instructions on gait speed. RESEARCH QUESTION This study investigated how walking prompts contributed to variability in gait speed. METHODS Participants walked on a pressurized walkway. Gait speed variability was assessed using multilevel modeling. RESULTS 61% of the variance in gait speed was due to instruction, while 14% was due to individual differences. SIGNIFICANCE Reference values for gait speed across a number of prompts will be highly useful for assessing gait performance in young adults. Further, the instruction given produces a large amount of variability in selected walking speed. This finding urges researchers to maintain consistency when delivering walking instructions.
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- Sarah A Brinkerhoff
- Auburn University School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
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- Auburn University School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
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- Auburn University School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
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- Auburn University School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States
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- Auburn University School of Kinesiology, 301 Wire Road, Auburn, AL, 36849, United States.
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Raffegeau TE, Brinkerhoff SA, Kellaher GK, Baudendistel S, Terza MJ, Roper JA, Hass CJ. Changes to margins of stability from walking to obstacle crossing in older adults while walking fast and during a dual-task. Exp Gerontol 2022; 161:111710. [PMID: 35090973 PMCID: PMC8920466 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.111710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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It is not well understood how older adults meet the combined locomotor demands of obstacle avoidance at fast speeds as compared to obstacle avoidance under cognitive loads. The purpose of this study was to quantify changes in locomotor stability (margin of stability, MOS) from walking to crossing obstacles at fast speeds versus with added cognitive demands in older adults. Community-dwelling older adults walked on an unobstructed and obstructed path at their preferred speed (preferred); during a dualtask (verbal fluency); and at their 'fastest comfortable' speed (fast). We used motion capture to calculate MOS in the anteroposterior direction, and compared minimum MOS between crossing foot and support phase (lead single support, lead double support, trail single support, trail double support) and tested for within subject changes using a linear mixed effect regression model [Condition (preferred, fluency, fast) x Walkway (unobstructed, obstructed) x Phase (single support, double support) x Foot (lead, trail)]. We examined crossing kinematics (approach distance, toe clearance, and recovery distance) between conditions. A significant omnibus effect partially supported our predictions. A Condition x Walkway x Phase interaction supported that older adults increased stability under a cognitive load and prioritized stability, demonstrated by not changing MOS from walking to obstacle crossing. During fast obstacle crossing they decreased stability during double support and exhibit more stability in single support, when vulnerable to external perturbations (contacting the obstacle). During a dual-task, older adults took shorter and higher steps over the obstacle to ensure they cleared it safely, but at fast speeds they increased the length of their crossing step without higher toe clearance. The results suggest older adults attempt to preserve stability when crossing obstacles under both cognitive and speed demands, but may be unable to ensure a safer limb elevation to avoid obstacles at fast speeds as they do under cognitive demands.
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- Tiphanie E Raffegeau
- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America; Ohio University, Division of Exercise Physiology, United States of America.
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America; Auburn University, School of Kinesiology, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America; University of Delaware, Department of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America; Auburn University, School of Kinesiology, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, United States of America
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Brinkerhoff SA, Monaghan PG, Roper JA. Adapting gait with asymmetric visual feedback affects deadaptation but not adaptation in healthy young adults. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0247706. [PMID: 33630934 PMCID: PMC7906453 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Split-belt treadmill walking allows researchers to understand how new gait patterns are acquired. Initially, the belts move at two different speeds, inducing asymmetric step lengths. As people adapt their gait on a split-belt treadmill, left and right step lengths become more symmetric over time. Upon returning to normal walking, step lengths become asymmetric in the opposite direction, indicating deadaptation. Then, upon re-exposure to the split belts, step length asymmetry is less than the asymmetry at the start of the initial exposure, indicating readaptation. Changes in step length symmetry are driven by changes in step timing and step position asymmetry. It is critical to understand what factors can promote step timing and position adaptation and therefore influence step length asymmetry. There is limited research regarding the role of visual feedback to improve gait adaptation. Using visual feedback to promote the adaptation of step timing or position may be useful of understanding temporal or spatial gait impairments. We measured gait adaptation, deadaptation, and readaptation in twenty-nine healthy young adults while they walked on a split-belt treadmill. One group received no feedback while adapting; one group received asymmetric real-time feedback about step timing while adapting; and the last group received asymmetric real-time feedback about step position while adapting. We measured step length difference (non-normalized asymmetry), step timing asymmetry, and step position asymmetry during adaptation, deadaptation, and readaptation on a split-belt treadmill. Regardless of feedback, participants adapted step length difference, indicating that walking with temporal or spatial visual feedback does not interfere with gait adaptation. Compared to the group that received no feedback, the group that received temporal feedback exhibited smaller early deadaptation step position asymmetry (p = 0.005). There was no effect of temporal or spatial feedback on step timing. The feedback groups adapted step timing and position similarly to walking without feedback. Future work should investigate whether asymmetric visual feedback also results in typical gait adaptation in populations with altered step timing or position control.
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- Sarah A. Brinkerhoff
- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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- School of Kinesiology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America
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Roper JA, Brinkerhoff SA, Harrison BR, Schmitt AC, Roemmich RT, Hass CJ. Persons with essential tremor can adapt to new walking patterns. J Neurophysiol 2019; 122:1598-1605. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00320.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder that causes motor deficits similar to those seen in cerebellar disorders. These include kinetic tremor, gait ataxia, and impaired motor adaptation. Previous studies of motor adaptation in ET have focused on reaching while the effects of ET on gait adaptation are currently unknown. The purpose of this study was to contrast locomotor adaptation in persons with and without ET. We hypothesized that persons with ET would show impaired gait adaptation. In a cross-sectional study, persons with ET ( n = 14) and healthy matched controls ( n = 12) walked on a split-belt treadmill. Participants walked with the belts moving at a 2:1 ratio, followed by overground walking to test transfer, followed by a readaptation period and finally a deadaptation period. Step length asymmetry was measured to assess the rate of adaptation, amount of transfer, and rates of readaptation and deadaptation. Spatial, temporal, and velocity contributions to step length asymmetry were analyzed during adaptation. There were no group by condition interactions in step length asymmetry or contributions to step length asymmetry. Regardless of condition, persons with ET walked slower and exhibited lower temporal ( P < 0.001) and velocity ( P = 0.001) contributions to step length asymmetry than controls. Persons with ET demonstrated a preserved ability to adapt to, store, and transfer a new walking pattern. Despite probable cerebellar involvement in ET, locomotor adaptation is an available mechanism to teach persons with ET new gait patterns. NEW & NOTEWORTHY This study is the first to investigate walking adaptation abilities of people with essential tremor. Despite evidence of cerebellar impairment in this population, people with essential tremor can adapt their walking patterns. However, people with essential tremor do not modulate the timing of their footsteps to meet walking demands. Therefore, this study is the first to report impairments in the temporal aspects of walking in people with essential tremor during both typical and locomotor learning.
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Center for Movement Studies, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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Brinkerhoff SA, Strayer SM, Roper JA, Chang AM, Neely KA. Sleep Restriction Negatively Influences Visually and Memory-Guided Force Control. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2019. [DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000561529.38858.9d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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