Open AccessPosture Instability of People Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease-A Review
Author(s) -
T Ravi,
Rajesh Ranganathan,
A Sivasankar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2227-524X
DOI - 10.14419/ijet.v7i3.6.15125
Subject(s) - falling (accident) , postural instability , parkinson's disease , fear of falling , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , disease , medicine , psychiatry , injury prevention , medical emergency , poison control , pathology
The intent of the paper is to ascertain the reasons behind the posture instability which is being the most disabling feature encountered by the people diseased with Parkinson’s which interns leads to risk of fall thereby increases the fractures with history of falls. In this paper a literature survey has been carried out to look after the recent inventions/aids in the clinical aspect and mechanical aspects for supporting PD patients to walk freely without Fear of Falling(FOF).