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SynthesisJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2025

Neuroimaging and cognitive correlates of postural control in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.

Patrick Tait, Lisa Graham, Rodrigo Vitorio, Tamlyn Watermeyer, Emily C Timm, Joan O'Keefe, Samuel Stuart, Rosie Morris

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Synthesis in Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Walking as a Window to the Brain: Redefining Gait in Neurology.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Patrick TaitDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Lisa GrahamDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Rodrigo VitorioDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Tamlyn WatermeyerDepartment of Psychology, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Emily C TimmDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Joan O'KeefeDepartment of Anatomy & Cell Biology, RUSH University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
Samuel StuartDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
Rosie MorrisDepartment of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. rosie.e.morris@northumbria.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) can cause postural instability, which may result in falls. These issues have been associated with motor and non-motor symptoms (NMS), including cognitive dysfunction. Several techniques have been employed to investigate the underlying neural mechanisms involved in postural control in PD. These include behavioural studies assessing associations between cognition and postural control, functional neuroimaging studies, and resting-state neural correlates. This review provides an overview of these emerging bodies of research. Scopus, PubMed, and ProQuest were searched and detailed the brain-imaging technique, cohort, and postural control measures. A total of 79 studies were identified. Findings supported the notion of cortical involvement in postural control function to compensate for subcortical damage resulting from PD. Future studies should standardise their outcome measures and data analysis to allow comparisons of results across studies and ensure more comprehensive and robust data collection to enhance the reliability and validity of these findings.

Indexed as

BrainCognitionNeuroimagingParkinson DiseasePostural BalanceHumansBalanceBrain-imagingCognitionCortical activityNeural correlatesParkinson's diseasePostural control

Identifiers

PMID39920722
PMCPMC11806873

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