Balance and Eye Movement Training to Improve Gait in People With Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: Quasi-Randomized Clinical Trial | Zendy

Cris Zampieri | Zendy; Rosa Angela Fabio | Zendy

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Balance and Eye Movement Training to Improve Gait in People With Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: Quasi-Randomized Clinical Trial

Author(s) -

Cris Zampieri,

Rosa Angela Fabio

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20070302

Subject(s) - balance (ability) , gait , physical medicine and rehabilitation , progressive supranuclear palsy , randomized controlled trial , rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychology , balance problems , medicine , disease , surgery , pathology

Although vertical gaze palsy and gait instability are cardinal features of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), little research has been done to address oculomotor and gait rehabilitation for PSP. The purpose of this study was to compare the benefits of a program of balance training complemented with eye movement and visual awareness training versus balance training alone to rehabilitate gait in people with PSP.

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