Table 4.
Walking bout of included studies.
Authors | Task | Environment | Speed | Distance or time |
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Buckley et al. 26 | Gait task | Supervised clinical environment. Level surface. | Self-selected | 2 min around a 25 m circuit |
Fino et al. 27 | Gait task | Supervised clinical environment. Level Surface. Varied testing location. | Self-selected | 2 min |
Ilg et al. 28 | Gait task | (1) Supervised walking. Level surface; (2) Supervised free walking (indoors and outdoors); (3) Unsupervised walking |
Self-selected | (1) 50 m; (2) 5 min; (3) 4–6 h |
Mc Ardle et al. 10 | Gait task | Supervised clinical environment. Level surface | Self-selected | 6 × 10 m |
Simila et al. 29 | Berg Balance Scale BBS, Timed-Up and Go-test TUG, five times sit to stand test STS-5, 2 × 20 m walk | Home environment | Self-selected | 2 × 20 m for gait task |
Stack et al. 30 | (1) Chair transfer; (2) TUG; (3) Standing-start 180° turn test; (4) 3 m walk; (5) Tandem walk; (6) Rising-to-walk; reaching high and low |
Supervised clinical environment and home environment | Self-selected | 3 m for gait task |
Tesconi et al. 31 | Gait task | Supervised clinical environment. | Self-selected | 5 gait-cycle |
Zhang et al. 32 | 15 m to 25 m walkway with 90 degree turns (6MWT) | Supervised clinical environment. Level surface. | Self-selected | 6 min |
Zhou et al. 33 | (1) Standing balance task; (2) Gait task; (3) Gait task + working memory (dual-task condition); (4) Unsupervised walking |
Supervised and unsupervised environment | Self-selected | 15 m |
De Vos et al. 34 | (1) Gait task; (2) Sway test; (3) TUG test |
Straight and level surface | Self-selected | 2 min |
Di Lazzaro et al. 35 | Rest tremor, postural tremor, rapid alternating hand movement, foot tapping (leg agility), 20 heel-to-toe tapping, Timed-Up-and-Go test (TUG), pull test |
Clinical environment | Unspecified | Unspecified |
Hsu et al. 36 | First-two strides of forward direction walk | Level surface | Self-selected | 6 trials of 12 m |
Jung et al. 37 | Gait task | Clinical environment, straight path | (1) Self-selected; (2) Fast speed; (3) Slow speed |
20 m |
Kashyap et al. 38 | Speech: repeated syllable utterance SPE; UL: rhythmic finger tapping test FIN, finger-nose test FNT, dysdiadochokinesia DDK, ballistic tracking BAL; LL: Heel-shin test HST, rhythmic foot tapping FOO; Balance: Rombergs ROM; Gait: gait test WAL |
Clinical environment, level surface | Self-selected | 10 × 5 m (for gait test) |
Mannini et al. 39 | Gait task | Clinical environment, level surface (12 m walkway) | Self-selected | 1 min |
Moon et al. 40 | Instrumented stand and walk test (stand for 30 s, walk 7 m, 180° turn and walk 7 m back) | Clinical environment, level surface | Self-selected | 14 m |
Nukala et al. 41 | (1) Level surface; (2) Change in gait speed; (3) With horizontal head turns; (4) With vertical head turns; (5) With pivot turn; (6) Step over obstacle; (7) Step around obstacles |
Clinical environment | Test 2: different gait speed; Other tests: self-selected pace |
N/A |
Rastegari 42 | Walk 10 m four times on an obstacle free environment, turn around after each 10 m | Clinical environment, level surface, obstacle-free | Self-selected | 4 × 10 m |
Rehman et al. 43 | (1) 4 × 10 m walkway (intermittent walk-IW); (2) 2 min on 25 m oval circuit (continuous walk-CW) |
Clinical environment, level surface | Self-selected | (1) 4 × 10 m; (2) 2 min |
Rovini et al. 44 | All motor tasks were performed twice. Once for R foot, once for L foot. (1) Toe-tapping for 10 s; (2) Tap their heel for 10 s; (3) Gait task; (4) Turn clockwise or anti-clockwise 360° |
Clinical environment | (1) Fast speed; (2) Fast speed; (3) Self-selected; (4) Self-selected |
(1) and (2) for 10 s; (3) 15 m |
Steinmetzer et al. 45 | TUG | Clinical environment | Self-selected | 2 × 10 m |
Tedesco et al. 46 | Run for 5 m, sidestep left or right (for 45° angle), then run for 3 m. Repeat the test for 10 times. | Clinical environment | Maximum speed | 10 × 8 m |