Journal
VISION RESEARCH
Volume 50, Issue 23, Pages 2495-2504Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2010.08.029
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; Field of view; Optic; Flow; Heading
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- National Institute of Health [R01 NS050446-01]
- Sigma Xi
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A shifted field of view, an altered perception of optic flow speed, and gait asymmetries may influence heading direction in Parkinson's disease (PD). PD participants (left body-side onset, LPD, n = 14; right body-side onset, RPD, n = 9) and Healthy Control participants (n = 17) walked a virtual hallway in which the optic flow speeds of the walls varied. Three-dimensional kinematics showed participants veered away from the faster moving wall. Although veering normally occurs toward the side with smaller step length, in both LPD and RPD this bias was overridden by a shifted field of view, which caused veering in the opposite direction, toward the side of the brain with more basal ganglia damage. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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