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<p>We tested Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related impairments in the relationship between gaze shifts, body sway and mental workload while performing visual tasks in the standing position. Nineteen on-drug PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr I-II; MDS-UPDRS score part III: 23.37 ± 2.79) and twenty age-matched controls explored large images (visual angle: 100°) and performed a search task (location of targets within images) as well as a free-viewing (control) task. To collect kinematic data, all participants wore body markers (lower back, upper back and head) and an eye tracker. PD patients showed a higher amplitude in gaze shifts and body sway than age-matched controls. The adaptation of gaze shift and body sway velocity from free-viewing to searching was smaller in PD patients. The mental workload (NASA-TLX score) was a significant covariate in all participants. Furthermore, the MDS-UPDRS score was a significant covariate in the shared variance between body (lower back, upper back and head) and eye movement, thus showing a relation between this clinical variable and impairment at the behavioral level. Our results indicate impaired behavioral synergic, i.e. complementary, control between vision, posture and mental workload in PD patients. With a view to restoring synergic functional control, rehabilitation programs should train the three systems together simultaneously.</p>

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Impairment in the behavioral control of body sway, gaze shift, and mental workload in Parkinson’s disease

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    2025年8月19日

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  • Yann-Romain Kechabia,
  • Luc Defebvre,
  • Arnaud Delval,
  • Cédrick T. Bonnet

摘要

We tested Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related impairments in the relationship between gaze shifts, body sway and mental workload while performing visual tasks in the standing position. Nineteen on-drug PD patients (Hoehn and Yahr I-II; MDS-UPDRS score part III: 23.37 ± 2.79) and twenty age-matched controls explored large images (visual angle: 100°) and performed a search task (location of targets within images) as well as a free-viewing (control) task. To collect kinematic data, all participants wore body markers (lower back, upper back and head) and an eye tracker. PD patients showed a higher amplitude in gaze shifts and body sway than age-matched controls. The adaptation of gaze shift and body sway velocity from free-viewing to searching was smaller in PD patients. The mental workload (NASA-TLX score) was a significant covariate in all participants. Furthermore, the MDS-UPDRS score was a significant covariate in the shared variance between body (lower back, upper back and head) and eye movement, thus showing a relation between this clinical variable and impairment at the behavioral level. Our results indicate impaired behavioral synergic, i.e. complementary, control between vision, posture and mental workload in PD patients. With a view to restoring synergic functional control, rehabilitation programs should train the three systems together simultaneously.