Hatha yoga training improves standing balance but not gait in Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Complementary therapies, such as yoga, have been proposed to address gait and balance problems in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, the effects of yoga on gait and static balance have not been studied systematically in people with PD (PWP). Here we evaluated the effects of a 12-week long Hatha yoga intervention on biomechanical parameters of gait and posture in PWP.

Methods

We employed a pilot randomized controlled trial design with two groups of mild-to-moderate PWP (immediate treatment, waitlist control; N  = 10 each; Mean Hoehn and Yahr score = 2 for each group). Baseline Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) motor scores, and gait and postural kinematics including postural sway path length, cadence, walking speed, and turn

SUBMITTER: Elangovan N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9219298 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature