Blindfolded Balance Training in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease: A Sensory-Motor Strategy to Improve the Gait

Aim. Recent evidence suggested that the use of treadmill training may improve gait parameters. Visual deprivation could engage alternative sensory strategies to control dynamic equilibrium and stabilize gait based on vestibulospinal reflexes (VSR). We aimed to investigate the efficacy of a blindfold...

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Main Authors: M. Tramontano, S. Bonnì, A. Martino Cinnera, F. Marchetti, C. Caltagirone, G. Koch, A. Peppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Parkinson's Disease
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7536862