Question | Answer |
Symptoms | Rigidity: resistance to passive motion.
Cow-wheel rigidity: jerky,rachet-like response. Muscles alternately tense and relax.
Freezing: break in movement
Bradykinesia: slowness and difficulty maintaining movement.
Hypokinesia: reduction in speed of mov |
Symptoms | Micrographia, masked face, fatigue,kyphotic position, festination in gate, dysphagia. |
Treatment | Relaxation exercises: rocking chair and rhythmic techniques, PNF, Rhythmic initiation, Jacobsen's progressive relaxation.
Mobility exerc: postural and rotational activities, PNF, NDT.
Balance:increase speed
Flexibility: strengthen exten. stretch flex. |
Gait Training | Weight transference activities- walking forward and back, use devices. |
Motor Learning Strategies | Procedural learning is slower.
External cueing help to facilitate movement. |
Functional training | Modify ADLs
assets for adaptive equipment:
clothing, firm chair with arm rest, shoes with leather soles. Adequate nutrition, breathing exercises,aerobic exercise, group training. |
Activities That Should be Emphasized | ROM, endurance,compensatory strategies, strengthening of extensors and stretching of flexors. |