Training Based On Declarative Memory Cues Improved Gait In Patients With Parkinson's Disease

"The ET consisted of 3 phases being that the first one (Phase 1) was done only in the first session.~Phase 1: patients received a short and simple explanation about the deficiency in automatic movement resulting from PD. Following explanation, the patient memorized a sequence of declarative cues. Phase 2: the patient organized a sequence of cues using cards illustrating the subcomponent movements (key movement) involved in taking steps.~Phase 3: the patient had to train using declarative cues as a gait performance aid through 8 sets follow the instruction Walk in your ordinary speed. Use the key movements and going to saying each of them while you make them. The declarative cues had to be evoked verbally by the patients themselves, during gait, triggering the corresponding movement."

"The CT consisted of 3 phases, being the first one (Phase 1) was done only in the first session of training, and the other two (Phase 2 and 3) were repeated at each of the 8 sessions.~Phase 1: Patients received a short and simple explanation about the deficiency in automatic movement resulting from PD.~Phase 2: Patients received a general verbal attentional instruction of pay attention to your steps and try to walk as better as you can, before starting the walk.~Phase 3: motor training of gait, where the patient had to perform 8 sets, following the instruction Walk in your ordinary speed, paying attention to your steps in the identical trajectories of ET. Additional instructions or cues were not provided."