Review Article
Year: 2017 | Month: May | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 382-387
The Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Approaches in Patients with Parkinsonism Disease: A Literature Review
Saurabh Kumar1, Anand Kumar Singh2, Sandeep Singh3
1MPT (Neurology) Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, RPIIT Karnal, Haryana, India.
2MPT (Musculoskeletal) Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, RPIIT Karnal, Haryana, India.
3PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, Punjabi university Patiala, Punjab, India.
Corresponding Author: Saurabh Kumar
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurological disorder that causes loss of functional abilities and independence. It is characterized by four cardinal features i.e. Tremor at rest, Rigidity, Akinesia and Postural instability. Physiotherapy plays vital role in neuroplasticity and the ability of the brain to self repair.
Objective: To establish evidence based efficacy of physiotherapy approaches in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Design: Review of literature.
Data Synthesis: Recent researches, Meta analysis, clinical oriented literatures taken in the study.
Methodology- Various articles from following databases like Science Direct, PubMed and Cochrane were retrieved through a search by using keywords- ‘Parkinson’s disease, Parkinsonism disease and physiotherapy, etc. Total 20 articles were included in the study and based on their findings a review was made.
Conclusion: Literature review of present study concludes that exercise to be effective at improving physical functioning and HRQOL, leg strength, balance, and walking in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Key words: Parkinson’s disease, Tremor, Akinesia, Review of literature, Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, Health-related quality of life (HRQOL), Rigidity.