PHTY303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hypokinesia, Physical Therapy, Systematic Review
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Tasks: brief definition of the clinical population, description of impairment, description of treatment strategy, critical review of the literature including: Cue selection: cue selection is person and context specific. Parkinson"s disease, hypokinesia will be associated with stride length regulation. External cues - are spatial or temporal stimuli associated with the initiation and ongoing facilitation of motor activity (nieuwboer, et al, (2008, topics in geriatric. Walking aids with visual cues: visual cues can be provided in the way of a laser line projected on the floor from a single point stick or four wheeled walker. Click on the image below for a demonstration of the laser cane: there is limited research into the efficacy of the cane and walker with a laser light. Donovan, et al. (2011) found modest efficacy of a laser light visual cue as part of the cane and walker, in overcoming freezing of gait and reducing falls in patients with parkinson"s disease.
