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Overground robot assisted gait trainer for the treatment of drug-resistant freezing of gait in Parkinson disease

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of the Neurological Sciences, May 2015
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Title
Overground robot assisted gait trainer for the treatment of drug-resistant freezing of gait in Parkinson disease
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Journal of the Neurological Sciences, May 2015
DOI 10.1016/j.jns.2015.05.023
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Manuela Pilleri, Luca Weis, Letizia Zabeo, Konstantinos Koutsikos, Roberta Biundo, Silvia Facchini, Simonetta Rossi, Stefano Masiero, Angelo Antonini

Abstract

Freezing of Gait (FOG) is a frequent and disabling feature of Parkinson disease (PD). Gait rehabilitation assisted by electromechanical devices, such as training on treadmill associated with sensory cues or assisted by gait orthosis have been shown to improve FOG. Overground robot assisted gait training (RGT) has been recently tested in patients with PD with improvement of several gait parameters. We here evaluated the effectiveness of RGT on FOG severity and gait abnormalities in PD patients. Eighteen patients with FOG resistant to dopaminergic medications were treated with 15 sessions of RGT and underwent an extensive clinical evaluation before and after treatment. The main outcome measures were FOG questionnaire (FOGQ) global score and specific tasks for gait assessment, namely 10meter walking test (10MWT), Timed Up and Go test (TUG) and 360° narrow turns (360 NT). Balance was also evaluated through Fear of Falling Efficacy Scale (FFES), assessing self perceived stability and Berg Balance Scale (BBS), for objective examination. After treatment, FOGQ score was significantly reduced (P=0.023). We also found a significant reduction of time needed to complete TUG, 10MWT, and 360 NT (P=0.009, 0.004 and 0.04, respectively). By contrast the number of steps and the number of freezing episodes recorded at each gait task did not change. FFES and BBS scores also improved, with positive repercussions on performance on daily activity and quality of life. Our results indicate that RGT is a useful strategy for the treatment of drug refractory FOG.

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Country Count As %
Colombia 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
Unknown 141 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 13%
Researcher 15 10%
Student > Bachelor 15 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 6%
Other 20 14%
Unknown 39 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 22 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 20 14%
Engineering 17 12%
Sports and Recreations 13 9%
Neuroscience 13 9%
Other 20 14%
Unknown 39 27%
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