Robot-assisted gait training versus treadmill training in patients with Parkinson's disease: a kinematic evaluation with gait profile score.
Funct Neurol
; 31(3): 163-70, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to quantitatively compare the effects, on walking performance, of end-effector robotic rehabilitation locomotor training versus intensive training with a treadmill in Parkinson's disease (PD). Fifty patients with PD were randomly divided into two groups 25 were assigned to the robot-assisted therapy group (RG) and 25 to the intensive treadmill therapy group (IG). They were evaluated with clinical examination and 3D quantitative gait analysis [gait profile score (GPS) and its constituent gait variable scores (GVSs) were calculated from gait analysis data] at the beginning (T0) and at the end (T1) of the treatment. In the RG no differences were found in the GPS, but there were significant improvements in some GVSs (Pelvic Obl and Hip Ab-Add). The IG showed no statistically significant changes in either GPS or GVSs. The end-effector robotic rehabilitation locomotor training improved gait kinematics and seems to be effective for rehabilitation in patients with mild PD.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enfermedad de Parkinson
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Fenómenos Biomecánicos
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Robótica
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Terapia por Ejercicio
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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En
Revista:
Funct Neurol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2016
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Article