Gait & freezing
Freezing of gait, festination and gait disorders; cueing and rehabilitation strategies.
State of the art
No update yet for Gait & freezing. An update is a standalone state-of-the-art for the topic — what someone with Parkinson's needs to know about where this approach stands today.
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Parkinson’s disease: tai chi may help manage symptoms – new research
Over 3.5 years, the tai chi group preserved walking ability and balance significantly better than non-exercising controls, whose motor function — including gait — declined more steeply. This is the longest follow-up data yet linking a movement-based practice to sustained gait outcomes in early-stage PD. -
Vyalev eases motor, nonmotor symptoms in advanced Parkinson’s
ROSSINI six-month data showed a significant reduction in freezing of gait among advanced Parkinson's patients on Vyalev, adding real-world evidence that continuous levodopa delivery may ease this particularly disabling motor symptom.