Recent advances in the role of rehabilitative therapies for Parkinson’s disease: A literature review
Regardless of medical therapies and surgical interventions for Parkinson’s disease, patients develop progressive disability. The role of therapies is to maximize functional ability and minimize secondary complications through movement rehabilitation within a context of education and support for t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1365&context=jmms |
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| Summary: | Regardless of medical therapies and surgical interventions for Parkinson’s
disease, patients develop progressive disability. The role of therapies is to
maximize functional ability and minimize secondary complications through
movement rehabilitation within a context of education and support for the
whole person. The overall aim is to optimize independence, safety and
wellbeing, thereby enhancing quality of life. Trials have shown that
physiotherapy has short-term benefits in Parkinson’s disease. However,
which physiotherapy intervention are most effective remains unclear. This
article provides a guidance framework rather than a ’recipe’ for treatment.
This review shows that a wide range of rehabilitative therapy interventions to
treat Parkinson’s disease have been tested. There is a need for more specific
trials with improved treatment strategies to underpin the most appropriate
choice of therapy intervention and the outcomes measured. According to
research in the literature, this review is of particular importance because it
discusses many rehabilitation therapies for patients with Parkinson's disease
in a single paper, for the first time. The aim of this review article is to evaluate
the effectiveness of one therapy intervention compared with a second
approach in patients with Parkinson’s disease. |
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| ISSN: | 2392-7674 |