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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26745400
This study compares gait automaticity between women with CFS and non disabled controls:
"The "stops walking with eyes closed with secondary cognitive task" test is based on the classic "stops walking while talking" test but compares walking with eyes closed while performing a secondary cognitive task in a female CFS population (n = 34) and in female nondisabled controls (n = 38).
When initiating gate, 23.5% of patients with CFS looked toward the ground compared with only 2.6% of nondisabled controls. After 7 m, subjects were asked to close their eyes, and after another 7 m, they were asked, "How much is 100 minus 7?" Of the patients with CFS, 55.9% stopped walking compared with 5.3% of nondisabled controls. Less automated walking was observed in patients with CFS than in nondisabled controls (p < 0.001)."
This study may shed some light on why I careen into door frames and walk like a drunken sailor. One of the first things I noticed when I became ill with ME/CFS 24 years ago was that I no longer walked normally.
This study compares gait automaticity between women with CFS and non disabled controls:
"The "stops walking with eyes closed with secondary cognitive task" test is based on the classic "stops walking while talking" test but compares walking with eyes closed while performing a secondary cognitive task in a female CFS population (n = 34) and in female nondisabled controls (n = 38).
When initiating gate, 23.5% of patients with CFS looked toward the ground compared with only 2.6% of nondisabled controls. After 7 m, subjects were asked to close their eyes, and after another 7 m, they were asked, "How much is 100 minus 7?" Of the patients with CFS, 55.9% stopped walking compared with 5.3% of nondisabled controls. Less automated walking was observed in patients with CFS than in nondisabled controls (p < 0.001)."
This study may shed some light on why I careen into door frames and walk like a drunken sailor. One of the first things I noticed when I became ill with ME/CFS 24 years ago was that I no longer walked normally.