1. [Postural effect of vestibular galvanic stimulation in patients with Parkinson's disease and camptocormia: Case series].
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Dávalos-Yerovi V, Romeo A, Escalada F, and Tejero M
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- Electric Stimulation methods, Humans, Muscular Atrophy, Spinal, Posture physiology, Retrospective Studies, Spinal Curvatures, Parkinson Disease complications, Parkinson Disease therapy
- Abstract
The objective of this paper is to explore the postural effect of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) in camptocormia. It is a retrospective case series of 7 Parkinson disease and camptocormia patients. Binaural monopolar GVS was administered. Main outcome variable was trunk forward flexion (TFF), assessed pre and immediately post GVS, and one month after. The TFF was assessed in the standing position, with open and closed eyes. The Berg balance scale was assessed before and 1 month after GVS. The TFF immediately after the GVS showed a reduction of 2.3 cm (p = 0.091) in the first reading, and after a 1-min stance (p = 0.025). Four of 5 patients maintained or even improved this effect a month after (p = 0.082). No changes in Berg balance scale were observed. Our results suggest an acute improvement in posture after one session of GVS, which significantly decreased TFF. Most of the results had a marginal significance due to small sample size., (Copyright © 2021 Sociedad Española de Rehabilitación y Medicina Física. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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- 2022
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