Enhancing gait training with anti-gravity treadmill 'Alter-G' in patients with Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Freezing of Gait (FoG) is a debilitating motor symptom affecting nearly half of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), increasing fall risk and reducing independence. Despite pharmacological and neuromodulation therapies, residual symptoms often persist, underscoring the need for complementary rehabilitation strategies.

Objective

To evaluate the effects of body weight-supported treadmill training using differential air pressure on gait and mobility in PD patients.

Methods

Forty patients with idiopathic PD were randomly assigned to an experimental group (EG, n = 20), who received gait training with a lower-body positive pressure treadmill, or to a control group (CG, n = 20), who underwent conventional physiotherapy. Both groups trained twice weekly for 4

SUBMITTER: Latella D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12935195 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature