Keywords
Gait
Virtual Reality
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate whether the intervention by Virtual Reality associated with a treadmill will benefit the freezing of gait in patients with Parkinson's disease. Methods: A quantitative, longitudinal, experimental, uncontrolled, open study. Including 2 patients of both genders and age of 77 years, diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease and who have freezing of gait. It took place in a clinic at a higher institute, 2 times a week during 5 weeks, with a duration of 30 minutes. They were evaluated pre and post-treatment by means of Dynamic Gait Index (DMI), Freezing Gait Scale (FOG-Q) and Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) for the staging of the disease. Results: The intervention led to a slight improvement in the assessment instruments used, (p=0.684) in MDI, (p=0.776) in FOG-Q and (p=0.544) in UPDRS, emphasizing the improvement mainly in dual-task gait. Conclusion: The intervention showed benefits in freezing the gait, evidencing the effectiveness of this treatment due to the positive evolution of the instruments used, however, it was not a study with a high number of sessions and participants, limiting the data represented.
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