Parkinson’s Disease Gait Treatment
Stride length
Effective Treatments
Ineffective Treatments
- PNF based (nonambulatory) gait training (rhythmic initiation, slow reversal, and agonistic reversal exercises applied to the pelvic region) did not improve step length1
Gait Speed
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Osborne JA, Botkin R, Colon-Semenza C, et al. Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Physical Therapy Association. Physical Therapy. 2022;102(4):pzab302. doi:10.1093/ptj/pzab302
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