Does neuromodulation transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) associated with peripheral stimulation through exercise to walk have an impact on falls in people with Parkinson's disease?
Med Hypotheses
; 144: 109916, 2020 Nov.
Article
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| ID: mdl-32526508
ABSTRACT
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases in the world, with a high degree of disability. Among the various therapeutic possibilities, brain stimulation appears in a promising approach, with deep brain stimulation (DBS) being the best described and successful, yet it has the limitation of being invasive. In this context we present transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive treatment that brings a new perspective when thinking about treatment of neurological diseases. It is easy to handle, low cost, few side effects and good adherence to patients. TDCS presents good evidence for clinical practice, but when it comes to PD the results obtained are inconclusive and some protocols have not yet been tested. In this hypothesis we propose that the use of tDCS applied in the supplemental motor areas, together with a gait training, can facilitate the motor learning and modulate the neurons for better potentiation of the exercises together with patients with walking difficulties due to PD.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Base de données:
MEDLINE
Sujet principal:
Maladie de Parkinson
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Stimulation transcrânienne par courant continu
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Cortex moteur
Type d'étude:
Guideline
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Risk_factors_studies
Limites:
Humans
Langue:
En
Journal:
Med Hypotheses
Année:
2020
Type de document:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil