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- Title
QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DANCE THERAPY INFULENCE ON THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE PATIENTS' LOWER LIMB BIOMECHANICS.
- Authors
LUKŠYS, Donatas; GRIŠKEVIČIUS, Julius
- Abstract
Parkinson's disease - progressive neurologic disorder that damages a variety of motor function and reduces the quality of life. Patients with PD are subject to various physical therapy exercises, but recently is applied more often the dance - music therapy. This study aims assessing the therapeutic effect of the modified Lindy Hop dance therapy on lower extremity biomechanics. The experimental study was performed using inertial sensors that registered lower extremity biomechanical parameters during gait. Several spatio-temporal parameters of lower limb were calculated and were found statistically significant between groups, which allows quantifying the influence of dance therapy.
- Subjects
DANCE therapy; PARKINSON'S disease diagnosis; PARKINSON'S disease treatment; BIOMECHANICS; NEUROLOGICAL disorders
- Publication
Science: Future of Lithuania / Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 6, p583
- ISSN
2029-2341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3846/mla.2016.978