Turning problems and freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Both step and rotational parameters differed in freezers compared to non-freezers while turning. These differences increased with increasing task complexity (i.e., larger turning angle or spatial confounds during turning). The results suggest that improving axial rotation could be a valuable rehabilitation target to ameliorate freezing. Implications for rehabilitation Patients with freezing of gait turn with a larger arc and a smaller angle compared to non-freezing patients Freezing-related turning deficits have both spatiotemporal and rotational motor control components Improving axial rotation could be a novel rehabilitation target to ameliorate freezing. PMID: 29961369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research