Rotating treadmill training reduces freezing in Parkinson disease: Preliminary observations

Minna Hong; Gammon M. Earhart

doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.07.003

Rotating treadmill training reduces freezing in Parkinson disease: Preliminary observations

Minna Hong, Gammon M. Earhart

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Abstract

Two subjects with Parkinson disease (PD) who had difficulty turning, and freezing of gait triggered by turning, participated. Subjects completed four blocks of turning trials. Three blocks were conducted in the absence of treadmill intervention. Both subjects had consistent freezing across blocks prior to training and evidenced more freezing when turning left than right. The final block of turns was performed after 10-15 min of training leftward turning on a rotating circular treadmill. Following training: (1) neither subject froze during leftward turns, (2) muscle activity normalized, and (3) turning times decreased for leftward turns.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	359-363
Number of pages	5
Journal	Parkinsonism and Related Disorders
Volume	14
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.07.003
State	Published - May 2008

Keywords

Freezing
Parkinson disease
Rotating treadmill
Turning

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