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Power Up With Parkinson's: A Case Report, Sean Ekekwe, Anne H. Boddy
Power Up With Parkinson's: A Case Report, Sean Ekekwe, Anne H. Boddy
St. Augustine, Fall 2018
The purpose of this study is to highlight the use of power training in a patient with low back pain and Parkinson’s disease.
Power training demonstrated a more significant change in gait speed, mobility, and function compared to other phases in rehabilitation. After power training was implemented at visit 11, there was a dramatic increase gait speed with the 10-meter walk test, a reduction in Oswestry Disability Index score (ODI), and a decrease in Timed Up and Go (TUG) time. The increase in 10 MWT gait speed and reduction in ODI and TUG score were greater than their MDC values …
External Load On The Hemi-Paretic Lower Limb With Task-Oriented Training To Improve Gait Post Right Aca Stroke, Jacob France, Lindsey Perry
External Load On The Hemi-Paretic Lower Limb With Task-Oriented Training To Improve Gait Post Right Aca Stroke, Jacob France, Lindsey Perry
St. Augustine, Fall 2018
The purpose of this case report is to describe the treatment of a 77-year-old male post-stroke with the application of an external load to the paretic lower limb in conjunction with task-oriented training to improve gait.
Strength, balance, gait speed, and functional tasks all improved over the course of physical therapy. At the end of 2 weeks, the patient exceeded the minimal detectable change (MDC) for the TUG (2.9 sec) and achieved the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the FIM (22 points).4-5 Although the MCID is not established for the Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS), the patient experienced improvements …