Alterazioni della Rappresentazione Mentale del corpo in pazienti con Malattia di Parkinson
Parole chiave:
Malattia di Parkinson, Rappresentazione Mentale del corpo, Rappresentazione corporea orientata all’azione, Schema corporeo, Rappresentazione corporea non orientata all’azione, Immagine corporeaAbstract
La rappresentazione mentale del corpo (RMC) è un dominio cognitivo complesso che include caratteristiche corporee di tipo strutturale, spaziale, lessicale e semantico. Una tassonomia ampiamente accettata in letteratura distingue tra due tipi di RMC: una “orientata all’azione”, relativa alla pianificazione, all’esecuzione e al monitoraggio dei movimenti, e una “non orientata all’azione”, riguardante, ad esempio, il riconoscimento delle parti del corpo, la conoscenza delle loro relazioni spaziali e l’autoconsapevolezza. Attualmente, pochi studi hanno indagato le alterazioni della RMC nei pazienti con Malattia di Parkinson (MP), producendo peraltro risultati discordanti. Pertanto, il presente lavoro intende esplorare ulteriormente e chiarire le alterazioni della RMC nei pazienti con MP. A tale scopo, 25 pazienti con MP e 24 controlli sani sono stati sottoposti ad una batteria neuropsicologica per valutare il funzionamento cognitivo globale, la RMC, la comparsa di sintomi depressivi, ansiosi e apatici, nonché i disturbi del controllo degli impulsi. Complessivamente, i risultati hanno evidenziato una maggiore compromissione della RMC nei pazienti rispetto ai controlli sani, suggerendo una difficoltà caratteristica dei primi nella rappresentazione mentale delle caratteristiche corporee. Infine, sono emerse correlazioni significative tra le abilità di RMC e la stadiazione della malattia e tra le abilità di RMC ed il funzionamento cognitivo globale, suggerendo che la RMC peggiori con la progressione della MP e lo stato cognitivo globale dei pazienti.
doi: 10.53240/2025topic4n1.0.001
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