Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment on Balance and Gait in Parkinsonian Patients: A Preliminary Study with a 1-Year Followup

المؤلفون المشاركون

Maestri, Roberto
Pezzoli, Gianni
Frazzitta, Giuseppe
Rovescala, R.
Boveri, Natalia
Bertotti, Gabriella
Uccellini, Davide

المصدر

Parkinson’s Disease

العدد

المجلد 2013، العدد 2013 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2013-05-26

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

5

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض
الطب البشري

الملخص EN

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease in which gait and balance disturbances are relevant symptoms that respond poorly to pharmacological treatment.

The aim of this study was to investigate whether a 4-week inpatient multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment (MIRT) is effective in improving balance and gait and whether improvements persist at a one-year followup.

We studied 20 PD inpatients (stage 3 Hoehn-Yahr) who underwent a MIRT.

Outcome measures were UPDRS items for balance (30), falls (13), and walk (29), Berg Balance Scale, six-minute walking test, Timed Up and Go Test, and Comfortable-Fast gait speeds.

Patients were evaluated at admission, at the end of the 4-week treatment, and at a 1-year followup.

Pharmacological therapy was unchanged during MIRT and follow-up.

All outcome measures improved significantly at the end of treatment.

At 1-year follow-up control, UPDRS walk and Comfortable-Fast gait speeds still maintained better values with respect to admission (P=0.009, P=0.03, and P=0.02, resp.), while the remaining scales did not differ significantly.

Our results demonstrate that the MIRT was effective in improving balance and gait and that the improvement in gait performances was partially maintained also after 1 year.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Frazzitta, Giuseppe& Bertotti, Gabriella& Uccellini, Davide& Boveri, Natalia& Rovescala, R.& Pezzoli, Gianni…[et al.]. 2013. Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment on Balance and Gait in Parkinsonian Patients: A Preliminary Study with a 1-Year Followup. Parkinson’s Disease،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011423

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Frazzitta, Giuseppe…[et al.]. Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment on Balance and Gait in Parkinsonian Patients: A Preliminary Study with a 1-Year Followup. Parkinson’s Disease No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011423

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Frazzitta, Giuseppe& Bertotti, Gabriella& Uccellini, Davide& Boveri, Natalia& Rovescala, R.& Pezzoli, Gianni…[et al.]. Short- and Long-Term Efficacy of Intensive Rehabilitation Treatment on Balance and Gait in Parkinsonian Patients: A Preliminary Study with a 1-Year Followup. Parkinson’s Disease. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1011423

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-1011423