Effects of walking direction and cognitive challenges on gait in persons with multiple sclerosis

DA Wajda, BM Sandroff, JH Pula… - Multiple Sclerosis …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Declines in walking performance are commonly seen when undergoing a concurrent
cognitive task in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). The purpose of this study was to …

Effects of cognitive versus motor dual-task on spatiotemporal gait parameters in healthy controls and multiple sclerosis patients with and without fall history

R Mofateh, R Salehi, H Negahban, M Mehravar… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The purpose of the current study was to compare the effects of cognitive or
motor tasks on gait performance between healthy controls and multiple sclerosis (MS) …

Walking and thinking in persons with multiple sclerosis who vary in disability

JJ Sosnoff, MK Boes, BM Sandroff, MJ Socie… - Archives of physical …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sosnoff JJ, Boes MK, Sandroff BM, Socie MJ, Pula JH, Motl RW. Walking and thinking in
persons with multiple sclerosis who vary in disability. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of a …

Cognitive-motor interference in multiple sclerosis: what happens when the gait speed is fixed?

O Malcay, Y Grinberg, S Berkowitz, L Hershkovitz… - Gait & Posture, 2017 - Elsevier
During the last decade, numerous studies have confirmed a coupling between walking
performance and cognition in people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). Our aim was to provide …

Walking and cognition, but not symptoms, correlate with dual task cost of walking in multiple sclerosis

RW Motl, JJ Sosnoff, D Dlugonski, LA Pilutti, R Klaren… - Gait & posture, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Performing a cognitive task while walking results in a reduction of walking
performance among persons with MS. To date, very little is known about correlates of this …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive function influences cognitive-motor interference during dual task walking in multiple sclerosis

WY Hsu, VJ Block, J Wijangco, K Henderson… - Multiple Sclerosis and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Both physical and cognitive impairments are common in people with multiple
sclerosis (PwMS). Performing a cognitive task while walking (ie, dual-task walking) can …

Cognition is associated with gait variability in individuals with multiple sclerosis

KL Hsieh, R Sun, JJ Sosnoff - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2017 - Springer
Fluctuations in gait, or gait variability, are closely related to cognitive function in various
clinical populations. However, there are limited data on this relationship in multiple sclerosis …

Backward Walking and Dual‐Task Assessment Improve Identification of Gait Impairments and Fall Risk in Individuals with MS

EM Edwards, DA Kegelmeyer, AD Kloos… - Multiple sclerosis …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) experience deficits in motor and
cognitive domains, resulting in impairment in dual‐task walking ability. The goal of this study …

Cortical activity and gait parameter characteristics in people with multiple sclerosis during unobstructed gait and obstacle avoidance

FB Santinelli, E Sebastião, MH Kuroda, VC Moreno… - Gait & Posture, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background People with Multiple Sclerosis (PwMS) present higher cortical activity
during walking. However, the cortical activity during gait while avoiding an obstacle is still …

Cognitive motor interference during walking in multiple sclerosis using an alternate-letter alphabet task

YC Learmonth, BM Sandroff, LA Pilutti… - Archives of Physical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Objective To examine cognitive motor interference (CMI) during walking using a simple,
standardized, and well-refined alphabet dual-task (DT) paradigm in individuals with multiple …