Keywords
practice, concurrent performance, Parkinson Disease, speech, postural
Abstract
Purpose. Persons with Parkinson disease (PD) demonstrate deficits in motor learning as well as bidirectional interference (the performance of one task concurrently interferes with the performance of another task) during dual-task performance. Few studies have examined the practice dosages necessary for behavioral change in rehabilitation relevant tasks. Therefore, to compare the effects of age and PD on motor learning during dual-task performance, this pilot study examined persons with PD as well as neurologically healthy participants during concurrent performance of postural and speaking tasks. Methods. Seven persons with PD and 7 healthy age-matched and 10 healthy young control subjects were tested in a motion capture facility. Task performances were performed concurrently and recorded during 3 time periods (acquisition (beginning and ending), 48-hour retention, and 1-week retention). Postural control and speech articulatory acoustic variables were measured. Results. Healthy young participants consistently performed better than other groups on all measured postural and speech variables. Healthy young participants showed decreased variability at retention, while persons with PD and healthy age-matched controls were unable to consistently improve their performance as a result of practice. No changes were noted in the speech variables. Conclusion. The lack of consistent changes in motor performance in any of the tasks, except in the healthy young group, suggests a decreased efficiency of motor learning in the age-matched and PD groups and argues for increased practice dosages during balance training.
Original Publication Citation
Foreman, K.B., Sondrup, S., Dromey, C., Jarvis, E., Nissen, S. & Dibble, L.E. (2013). The effects of practice on the concurrent performance of a speech and postural task in persons with Parkinson disease and healthy controls. Parkinson’s Disease, vol. 2013, Article ID 987621, 8 pages.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Foreman, K. Bo; Sondrup, Stuart; Dromey, Christopher; Jarvis, Eon; Nissen, Shawn; and Dibble, Leland E., "The Effects of Practice on the Concurrent Performance of a Speech and Postural Task in Persons with Parkinson Disease and Healthy Controls" (2013). Faculty Publications. 1751.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1751
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2013-05-23
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/3687
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Language
English
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Communication Disorders
Copyright Status
Copyright © 2013 K. Bo Foreman et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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