LSVT-BIG therapy in Parkinson's disease: physiological evidence for proprioceptive recalibration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing evidence for proprioceptive dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The Lee Silvermann Voice Treatment-BIG therapy (LSVT-BIG), a special training program aiming at an increase of movement amplitudes in persons with PD (PwPD), has shown to be effective on motor symptoms. LSVT-BIG is conceptionally based on improving bradykinesia, in particular the decrement of repetitive movements, by proprioceptive recalibration.

Objective

To assess proprioceptive impairment in PwPD as compared to matched controls and to probe potential recalibration effects of the LSVT-BIG therapy on proprioception.

Methods

Proprioceptive performance and fine motor skills were assessed in 30 PwPD and 15 matched controls. Measurements with significant impairm

SUBMITTER: Peterka M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7353788 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature