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Article: Locomotor training in people with Parkinson disease.(III STEP Series)
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- October 1, 2006
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The purpose of this article is to consider the role of the physical therapist in locomotor training for people with idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD), taking into account how therapy can be adapted according to disease progression, medication status, environmental conditions, and the goals of the locomotor tasks being performed. Using the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), (1) locomotor training will be considered in relation to impairments of body structure and function, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Analysis will span the de novo stage, early in the disease process before levodopa ...