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A patient-invented maneuver to alleviate freezing of gait using a foot loop band.

ABSTRACT: Freezing of gait (FOG) is a disabling gait disorder in parkinsonian patients characterized by the inability to initiate or continue locomotion. I herein present a 65-year-old man with Parkinson's disease who invented a unique method (foot loop band) to alleviate FOG, which has not been previously described in the literature. The mechanisms to alleviate FOG include not only facilitating mechanical weight shift, but also restoring internal cueing and driving motor commands for gait initiation. This patient-invented maneuver may be recommended for patients having intractable FOG, because it is portable, cheap and safe.

SUBMITTER: Okuma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4337170 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A patient-invented maneuver to alleviate freezing of gait using a foot loop band.

Okuma Yasuyuki Y  

Case reports in neurology 20140901 3

Freezing of gait (FOG) is a disabling gait disorder in parkinsonian patients characterized by the inability to initiate or continue locomotion. I herein present a 65-year-old man with Parkinson's disease who invented a unique method (foot loop band) to alleviate FOG, which has not been previously described in the literature. The mechanisms to alleviate FOG include not only facilitating mechanical weight shift, but also restoring internal cueing and driving motor commands for gait initiation. Thi  ...[more]