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ArticleParkinson's disease2019

The Therapeutic Effect of Nordic Walking on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.

Agata Wróblewska, Agata Gajos, Urszula Smyczyńska, Andrzej Bogucki

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Article in Parkinson's disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Agata WróblewskaDepartment of Extrapyramidal Diseases, Medical University of Łódź, Pomorska 251, 92-213 Łódź, Poland.
Agata GajosDepartment of Extrapyramidal Diseases, Medical University of Łódź, Pomorska 251, 92-213 Łódź, Poland.
Urszula SmyczyńskaDepartment of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine, Medical University of Łódź, Mazowiecka 15, 92-215 Łódź, Poland.
Andrzej BoguckiDepartment of Extrapyramidal Diseases, Medical University of Łódź, Pomorska 251, 92-213 Łódź, Poland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1208-0912
Medical University of Lodz · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

methodsTwenty PD subjects trained NW for 12 weeks, with a frequency of twice per week. Each session lasted about 60 minutes. Twenty patients in the control group did not use any form of physiotherapy (no-intervention group). Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FOGQ), the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, and the Provocative Test for Freezing and Motor Blocks (PTFMB) were performed at baseline, immediately after the end of NW program, and three months later.

resultsThe results of FOGQ, TUG, and total PTFMB revealed significant improvement after completing the exercise program, and this effect persisted at follow-up. The results of the PTFMB subtests showed a different effect of NW on particular subtypes of FoG. Start hesitation, sudden transient blocks that interrupt gait, and blocks on turning improved considerably, while motor blocks, when walking through narrow space and on reaching the target, did not respond to NW training.

conclusionsThe present study showed that NW training had a beneficial effect on FOG in PD and that the achieved improvement is long-lasting. Future research should clarify whether the observed improvement limited to FoG triggered by only some circumstances reflects different pathomechanisms of FoG subtypes.

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