The Effect of Non-Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames versus Traditional Physiotherapy in Parkinson's Disease Older Patients: Preliminary Results from a Randomized-Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most frequent causes of disability among older people. Recently, virtual reality and exergaming have been emerged as promising tools for gait and balance rehabilitation in PD patients. Our purpose is to evaluate an innovative treatment for older patients with PD, based on non-immersive virtual reality exergames, improving gait and balance and reducing falling risk. (2) Methods: Thirty PD patients were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, to receive a traditional rehabilitation (CG) or a technological rehabilitation (TG). (3) Results: A statistical improvement of balance at the end of treatments was observed in both groups (CG: 12.4 ± 0.7 vs. 13.5 ± 0.8, p = 0.017; TG: 13.8 ± 0.5 vs. 14.7 ± 0.4, p = 0.004), whil

SUBMITTER: Maranesi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9690935 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature