Perturbation walking effects on prefrontal cortical activation and walking performance in older women with and without osteoarthritis: a FNIRS study.

Introduction: Perturbation walking (PW) has been shown to improve gait, however its effect on the cortical control of gait might provide insights on neural mechanisms underlying falls in adults with osteoarthritis. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of PW on prefrontal cortical...

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Publicado en:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience pp. 1 - 10
Autores principales: Bishnoi, Alka, Yang Hu, Hernandez, Manuel E.
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024
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          Bishnoi, Alka
          Yang Hu
          Hernandez, Manuel E.
        affil: Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Professions and Human Services, Kean University, Union, NJ, United States
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          Walking
          Prefrontal Cortex Physiology
          Osteoarthritis In Old Age
          Community Living In Old Age
          Gait Analysis
          Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared Methods
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Female
          Aged
          Middle Age
          Treadmills
          Balance, Postural
          Geriatric Depression Scale
          Hemoglobins Blood
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Walking Speed
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Functional Status
          Descriptive Statistics
          Scales
          Psychological Tests
          Unpaired T-Tests
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Body Mass Index
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          Aged: 65+ years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
      ab: Introduction: Perturbation walking (PW) has been shown to improve gait, however its effect on the cortical control of gait might provide insights on neural mechanisms underlying falls in adults with osteoarthritis. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of PW on prefrontal cortical (PFC) activation in older women with (OA) and without osteoarthritis (HOA). We hypothesized that there would be an increase in PFC activation during PW relative to comfortable walking (CW) and higher increase in PFC activation during PW in HOA compared to OA. Methods: Twenty community-dwelling older women (66.7 ± 5.41 years old) walked on an instrumented treadmill that provided perturbations at pseudorandom intervals between 5-25 s using a counterbalanced design. Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy was used to quantify PFC oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxyhemoglobin (Hb) levels, while standing prior to the task as a baseline. A linear mixed effects model was conducted to investigate the effects of cohort (HOA vs OA), task (PW vs CW), and their interaction on HbO2 (mM) and Hb (mM) levels. Results: HbO2 and Hb levels differed significantly between CW and PW tasks for both cohorts (P < 0.001) and demonstrated significant task by cohort interaction (P < 0.05). In addition, we found changes in walking performance (stride time, stride length, stride width and stance time) during and after PW. Spearman correlation demonstrated a strong association between increased stance time, increased body mass index and decreased PFC activation during PW. No other significant results were found. Discussion: This study found increase in PFC activation during PW and gait adaptation after a short bout of PW in HOA and OA. This increase in PFC activation was higher in HOA compared to OA, particularly during PW tasks, and was consistent with theory of limitations in mobility affecting neural activation in older adults. Further work remains to examine how pain, obesity, and mobility impacts cortical control in older adults with and without osteoarthritis.
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