Motor Disease Severity for Parkinson’s Disease

Authors
Affiliations

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Assessment

  • UPDRS III

Treatment

Gait Training

  • Gait training has mixed evidence, some studies demonstrate significant improvements in motor disease severity and other studies showing no improvement1.

References

1.
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

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:
Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Motor Disease Severity for Parkinson’s Disease. https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Neuroscience/Neuropathology/Parkinsons Disease/PD_motor_disease_severity.html