Abstract

FREIRE, Marco Antonio Palacios; CHANCAY, Milena Consuelo Ortega; SIERRA NIETO, Victor Hugo  and  ASTUDILLO, Rubén Eduardo Sánchez. Gait training with the anti-gravity treadmill in Parkinson’s patients. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2024, vol.7, n.19, pp.93-101.  Epub Jan 15, 2024. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v7i19.286.

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition characterized by motor alterations that mainly affect the development of gait, generally producing the phenomenon of freezing of gait with the possibility of risk of falling. Objective: To analyze the benefits of gait training with the antigravity treadmill in patients with PD. Materials and methods: It is a pre-experimental study with a single intervention group. Gait training was carried out using an antigravity treadmill (AlterG) for one month divided into 2 sessions per week. The gait parameters returned by the AlterG team were weight unloading, cadence, support time and step length; Furthermore, freezing of gait was assessed with the questionnaire (FOGQ) and the risk of falling with the Timed Up and Go test (TUG). Results: In the gait parameters and in the FOGQ, significant differences (p<0.05) were found between the pre- and post-intervention values, except for the cadence variable. The risk of falling decreased by 4.6 and 4.3 seconds on average in the TUG test in men and women respectively. Conclusion: Antigravity treadmill gait training improves walking conditions and reduces the risk of falls in PD patients.

Keywords : Parkinson; Neurological Rehabilitation; Anti-gravity Treadmill; Fall Risk; Freezing of Gait.

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