HUMAN BIOLOGICAL MOTION PERCEPTION IN POST-STROKE PATIENTS
Association learning. Biological motion. Stroke. Healthy ageing. Equipment Failure Analysis.
Introduction: Stimulating the relearned motor is essential in the rehabilitation of patients affected by neurological disorders. Theories propose that the motor system is involved in the perception of movement, therefore, dysfunctions in the visual-motor representations shared in the motor system must lead to impaired perception of human movements. Objective: Analyze if post-stroke individuals and individuals with PD have impaired biological perception of movement. Materials and Methods: It is characterized as a cross-sectional quantitative study with blind evaluator. A sample of 25 individuals per group is desired. The subjects that fit the inclusion criteria will be selected, included in the sample and in the Stroke Group and in the PD Group. In addition, healthy elderly individuals will be recruited into the Control Group (CG). All participants will be tested separately and will start the test with a movement perception task, followed by the assessment of muscle tone by the Modified Ashworth Scale, motor impairment by the Fugl-Meyer Scale (FM), Hoehn Scale and Yahr (H&Y) and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Assessment Scale (UPDRS), sensitivity by the Nottingham Sensory Assessment , the dominance of hands by the Portuguese version of the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) and the cognitive function by the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). GC participants will be assessed through EHI and MEEM. For statistical analysis will be used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) (version 20.0). The normality test will be performed to verify if it is a sample with normal or non-normal distribution, thus defining if Parametric or Non-Parametric Tests will be used. To establish significance between the parameters analyzed, a value of p <0.05 will be observed.