People with Parkinson's disease (PD) were characterized by many motor symptoms, including rigidity, postural instability, bradykinesia, and resting tremor. These motor symptoms might cause gait dysfunction. Gait dysfunction represented a common sign of PD, including reduced gait velocity, reduced stride length, reduced arm swing, and increased gait variability. Poor postural control in people with PD might result to increase gait variability and then increase fall risk. Previous studies reported that proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training improved postural stability in people with PD. However, no literature investigated the effects of proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training on gait variability. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training on gait variability in people with PD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
40
Multisensory training included marching on the foam with visual deprivation and treadmill training with visual deprivation
Conventional training included strengthening, balance training and gait training
Gait variability
Using GAITRite system to measure coefficient of variation
Time frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
Gait performance
Using the GAITRite system to evaluate saptiotemporal parameters
Time frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
Sensory organization test
Using NeuroCom Smart Balance Master
Time frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
Timed up and go test
To evaluate functional mobility
Time frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
Dynamic Gait Index
To evaluate functional mobility
Time frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
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