Quantitative Assessment Of Dance Therapy Infulence On The Parkinson's Disease Patients' Lower Limb Biomechanics

Parkinson's disease - progressive neurologic disorder that damages a variety of motor function and reduces the quality of life. Patients with PD are subject to various physical therapy exercises, but recently is applied more often the dance - music therapy. This study aims assessing the therape...

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Published in:Science future of Lithuania 2016-11, Vol.8 (6), p.583
Main Authors: Luksys, Donatas, Griskevicius, Julius
Format: Article
Language:eng ; lit
Subjects:
Biomechanics
Dance
Parkinsons disease
Physical therapy
Quantitative analysis
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Summary:Parkinson's disease - progressive neurologic disorder that damages a variety of motor function and reduces the quality of life. Patients with PD are subject to various physical therapy exercises, but recently is applied more often the dance - music therapy. This study aims assessing the therapeutic effect of the modified Lindy Hop dance therapy on lower extremity biomechanics. The experimental study was performed using inertial sensors that registered lower extremity biomechanical parameters during gait. Several spatio-temporal parameters of lower limb were calculated and were found statistically significant between groups, which allows quantifying the influence of dance therapy. Article in: English Article published: 2017-01-18
ISSN:2029-2341
2029-2252
DOI:10.3846/mla.2016.978