Giovanna Gracioli Genoves

Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul · Instituto de Ciências da Atividade Física e Esporte

Objective: Sensory information is crucial when performing daily activities, and Parkinson’s disease may diminish sensitivity to sensory cues. This study aimed to examine the detection threshold of passive motion of knee and ankle joints in individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Methods: Eighteen individuals in the early stages of idiopathic Parki...

This study examined the influence of visual information of different complexities and predictability on the body sway of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) during upright stance. Twenty-one individuals at initial stages of PD (62.1 ± 7.2 years), under dopaminergic medication, and 21 controls (62.3 ± 7.1 years) stood inside a moving room, per...

Background Parkinson’s disease (PD) leads to several changes in motor control, many of them related to informational or cognitive overload. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of knowledge and intention on the postural control performance and on the coupling between visual information and body sway in people with and without PD s...

Best Oral Presentation Award, granted by the Brazilian Society of Biomechanics and PeerJ - the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences.

Postural control involves the use of sensory cues that must be properly integrated to provide specific information to accommodate continuous changes in the environment. Studies have shown several features of adaptive sensorimotor behavior, but many of the mechanisms are still unknown, such as perdurable effects. The purpose of the present study was...

Postural control functioning is characterized by adaptive adjustments, which involves several central nervous system centers. This study investigated the sensory-motor coupling in older and younger adults during concurrent different cognitive tasks while maintaining upright stance with visual manipulation. Fifteen older and 15 younger adults perfor...

Although postural control requires the integration of different sensory cues, little is known about the role of attentional artifacts on the individual’s ability to properly respond to postural challenges. This study investigated the effects of concomitant tasks (cognitive and postural) on the relationship between visual information and body sway....

Postural control is based upon the fusion of sensory cues coming from multiple sources requiring continuously adaptation that may be altered due to aging, leading to the poor postural equilibrium in older adults. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine the adaptation in the relationship between the visual information and the body sway i...