Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling

Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling

Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the factors that reduce the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Imagining bicycling before gait start provided improvement in FOG in 2 PD patients. Imagining and mimicking bicycling after the initiation of gait allowed the rhythmic gait to...

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Main Authors: Akio Kikuchi, Toru Baba, Takafumi Hasegawa, Naoto Sugeno, Masatoshi Konno, Emiko Miura, Ryuji Oshima, Masashi Aoki, Atsushi Takeda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
Subjects:
Freezing of gait
Parkinson’s disease
Imagining bicycling
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362119
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spelling doaj-132a06fd5aa44d579d27cbe63ea64eb92020-11-24T23:56:34ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Neurology1662-680X2014-03-0161929510.1159/000362119362119Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining BicyclingAkio KikuchiToru BabaTakafumi HasegawaNaoto SugenoMasatoshi KonnoEmiko MiuraRyuji OshimaMasashi AokiAtsushi TakedaFreezing of gait (FOG) is one of the factors that reduce the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Imagining bicycling before gait start provided improvement in FOG in 2 PD patients. Imagining and mimicking bicycling after the initiation of gait allowed the rhythmic gait to continue without interruption. We suggest that imagining and mimicking bicycling, which are nonexternal cues, could serve as a helpful therapeutic approach for the intractable freezing and interruption of gait of PD patients.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362119Freezing of gaitParkinson’s diseaseImagining bicycling
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author Akio Kikuchi
Toru Baba
Takafumi Hasegawa
Naoto Sugeno
Masatoshi Konno
Emiko Miura
Ryuji Oshima
Masashi Aoki
Atsushi Takeda
spellingShingle Akio Kikuchi
Toru Baba
Takafumi Hasegawa
Naoto Sugeno
Masatoshi Konno
Emiko Miura
Ryuji Oshima
Masashi Aoki
Atsushi Takeda
Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
Case Reports in Neurology
Freezing of gait
Parkinson’s disease
Imagining bicycling
author_facet Akio Kikuchi
Toru Baba
Takafumi Hasegawa
Naoto Sugeno
Masatoshi Konno
Emiko Miura
Ryuji Oshima
Masashi Aoki
Atsushi Takeda
author_sort Akio Kikuchi
title Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
title_short Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
title_full Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
title_fullStr Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
title_full_unstemmed Improvement of Freezing of Gait in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Imagining Bicycling
title_sort improvement of freezing of gait in patients with parkinson's disease by imagining bicycling
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Neurology
issn 1662-680X
publishDate 2014-03-01
description Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the factors that reduce the quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Imagining bicycling before gait start provided improvement in FOG in 2 PD patients. Imagining and mimicking bicycling after the initiation of gait allowed the rhythmic gait to continue without interruption. We suggest that imagining and mimicking bicycling, which are nonexternal cues, could serve as a helpful therapeutic approach for the intractable freezing and interruption of gait of PD patients.
topic Freezing of gait
Parkinson’s disease
Imagining bicycling
url http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/362119
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