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Articles tagged "Rehabilitation"

  • 2016 International Congress

    Predictors of recurrent falls in people with Parkinson’s disease and development of a predictive tool

    L.R.S. Almeida, G.T. Valenca, N.N. Negreiros, E.B. Pinto, J. Oliveira-Filho (Salvador, Brazil)

    Objective: To identify predictors of recurrent falls in people with Parkinson's disease (PD); and to develop a predictive tool for identifying individuals at different categories…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Eight weeks of home-based balance training not as effective as therapist-based during dual tasks

    E.M. Atterbury, K.E. Welman (Stellenbosch, South Africa)

    Objective: To assess the effect of balance training on dual-tasking gait, and to investigate if a home-based programme is comparable to a therapist-supervised programme. Background:…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Proprioceptive training as a means to enhance sensorimotor function in Parkinson’s disease

    N. Elangovan, P. Tuite, J. Konczak (Minneapolis, MN, USA)

    Objective: To identify whether proprioceptive function in Parkinson's disease (PD) can be enhanced by specialized visuomotor training that emphasizes precise movements and determine if such…
  • 2016 International Congress

    An innovative international educational network to improve physicians’ current management practices of patients with cervical dystonia and spasticity

    C. Colosimo, K. Bhatia, R. Bhidayasiri, T.M. Chung, L.J. Jacinto, T. Landreau, K. Fheodoroff (Terni, Italy)

    Objective: The Ixcellence Network® aims to improve patient care in the fields of cervical dystonia (CD) and spasticity through the development of a high level…
  • 2016 International Congress

    SPAsticity in PractiCE (SPACE) – An international, observational study of botulinum toxin type A in spasticity

    J. Wissel, J. Harriss, O. Simon, K. Sternberg, N. Roche, C. Cantú-Brito, S. Khatkova, P. Säterö (Berlin, Germany)

    Objective: To collect real-world routine clinical practice data on effectiveness, safety, and quality of life (QoL) for botulinum toxin type A (BoNT-A) treatment of focal…
  • 2016 International Congress

    A step forward to the future: UPDRS kinematic measures for telemedicine

    G. Albani, C. Azzaro, F. Parisi, C. Ferraris, M. Giuberti, L. Contin, D. Pianu, L. Pradotto, V. Cimolin, N. Cau, M. Galli, R. Nerino, G. Ferrari, A. Mauro (Piancavallo, Italy)

    Objective: We set up an experimental instrumentation to quantify selected items of UPDRS by a Kinect technology and body sensory-network (BSN), destinated to an easy…
  • 2016 International Congress

    PD COMM Pilot: A pilot randomised controlled trial of Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT) versus NHS speech and language therapy versus no intervention in Parkinson’s

    C.M. Sackley, S. Patel, R. Woolley, N.J. Ives, C.E. Rick, F. Dowling, K. Wheatley, C. Smith, M. Brady, C.E. Clarke (London, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of a full scale trial on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of two types of speech and language therapy (SLT) for…
  • 2016 International Congress

    The application of mobile health technology to increase physical activity in persons with Parkinson’s disease

    T.D. Ellis, T.R. DeAngelis, K. Hendron, J.T. Cavanaugh, N. Sullivan, L. Goehring, C.A. Thomas, M. Saint-Hilaire, N.K. Latham (Boston, MA, USA)

    Objective: To investigate the safety, acceptability and preliminary evidence of efficacy of a mobile health (mhealth) mediated home-based exercise program to increase physical activity in…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Introducing the 2nd edition of the occupational therapy for people with Parkinson’s: Best practice guidance

    A. Aragon (Bath, United Kingdom)

    Objective: To disseminate best practice to Occupational Therapists (OTs) about Parkinson's. Background: 5 years after publication of the Occupational Therapy for people with Parkinson's: Best…
  • 2016 International Congress

    Comparison of mental practice and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation in sisters with cerebellar atrophy

    C. Bedeschi, D. Guedes, D. Ambrosano (Barueri, Brazil)

    Objective: To compare the effect of training between Mental Practice (MP) and Physical Practice (PP) on the strength of the flexor muscle of fingers in…
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