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Locomotor training with partial body weight support in patients with Parkinson's disease and stroke: Its efficacy and neural mechanisms
Author(s) -
Miyai Ichiro
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2004.00201.x
Subject(s) - medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , rehabilitation , neuroimaging , gait training , stroke (engine) , gait , neuroscience , parkinson's disease , treadmill , disease , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Locomotor training with partial bodyweight support on the treadmill is applicable to neuro‐rehabilitation for various gait disorders caused by neurological diseases. Although neural mechanisms for the efficacy remain unclear, recent optical neuroimaging studies using near infra‐red spectroscopy have suggested that this training might modify the hierarchical locomotor control system, including several cortical motor areas and the central pattern generator in the spinal cord.