{"id":3083,"date":"2023-10-20T13:44:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T05:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/%e7%a0%94%e7%a9%b6-%e5%8f%8d%e9%87%8d%e5%8a%9b%e8%b7%91%e6%ad%a5%e6%9c%ba%e8%ae%ad%e7%bb%83%e5%8f%af%e6%b2%bb%e7%96%97%e5%b8%95%e9%87%91%e6%a3%ae%e7%97%85%e7%9a%84%e5%86%bb%e7%bb%93%e6%ad%a5\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T16:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T08:44:14","slug":"research-anti-gravity-treadmill-training-for-freezing-of-gait-in-parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/research-anti-gravity-treadmill-training-for-freezing-of-gait-in-parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"[Research] Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3083\" class=\"elementor elementor-3083 elementor-3047\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b6757d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b6757d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-95deacb\" data-id=\"95deacb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-435bd78 elementor-headline--style-highlight elementor-widget elementor-widget-animated-headline\" data-id=\"435bd78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;marker&quot;:&quot;curly&quot;,&quot;highlighted_text&quot;:&quot;Parkinson\\u2019s disease, neurodegenerative disorders, freezing of gait, neurorehabilitation, rehabilitation, therapy&quot;,&quot;headline_style&quot;:&quot;highlight&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;highlight_animation_duration&quot;:1200,&quot;highlight_iteration_delay&quot;:8000}\" data-widget_type=\"animated-headline.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor-pro\/assets\/css\/widget-animated-headline.min.css\">\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-plain-text elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">Key words:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-wrapper elementor-headline-text-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-headline-dynamic-text elementor-headline-text-active\">Parkinson\u2019s disease, neurodegenerative disorders, freezing of gait, neurorehabilitation, rehabilitation, therapy<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd49a65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd49a65\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c37e5c7\" data-id=\"c37e5c7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce46f3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce46f3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h6 id=\"abstract-a.g.b.rtitle\" class=\"head no_bottom_margin ui-helper-clearfix\">Abstract<\/h6><div><p class=\"p p-first-last\">Background: Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor impairment. Freezing of gait, impaired mobility and falls are common problems in these patients. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a novel therapy for these patients. Methods: We studied patients with moderate to severe freezing of gait who underwent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> training twice a week for 4 consecutive weeks with 50% reduction of body weight. Results: We enrolled 26 consecutive patients with PD, 19 completed the study. There were 10 males; mean age at evaluation was 72.7 \u00b1 10.1 years. Compared to baseline, patients showed improvement in the Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (<em>p<\/em>\u00a0= 0.001); and a mean reduction of 7 s in the Timed Up &amp; Go (TUG) test (<em>p<\/em> = 0.004). Moderate or significant improvement in gait was reported by 84% of patients. Conclusions: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">Anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> training improved freezing of gait and mobility in patients with PD.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fcd81aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fcd81aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1044539\" data-id=\"1044539\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9847f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9847f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Article cited in\uff1a<a class=\"affpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Baizabal-Carvallo%20JF%5BAuthor%5D\">Jos\u00e9 Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo<\/a>,<sup>1,<\/sup><sup>*<\/sup> <a class=\"affpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Alonso-Juarez%20M%5BAuthor%5D\">Marlene Alonso-Juarez<\/a>,<sup>2<\/sup> and <a class=\"affpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Fekete%20R%5BAuthor%5D\">Robert Fekete<\/a><sup>3<\/sup><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Article link\uff1a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\">Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc3a3af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc3a3af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8410f0\" data-id=\"f8410f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a0b4fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a0b4fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\"><strong>1. Introduction<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p class=\"p p-first\">Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the presence of bradykinesia, muscle rigidity, tremor and abnormal postural reflex [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B1-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">1<\/a>]. A substantial proportion of patients with PD have balance problems and freezing of gait (FoG) has been reported in 47% of cases [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B1-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">1<\/a>]. FoG is defined as \u201cbrief, episodic absence or marked reduction of forward progression of the feet despite the intention to walk\u201d and typically occurs on initiating gait or on turning while walking [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B2-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2<\/a>]. Several therapeutic approaches have been employed in clinical studies and medical practice in order to improve FoG, including: pharmacological therapy; brain, spinal cord and vagus nerve stimulation; and physiotherapeutic approaches using wearable cueing devices, treadmill training, walk-bicycle, or obstacle aquatic training with variable clinical benefit [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B3-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">3<\/a>]. Despite the wide number of proposed therapies, FoG is still difficult to treat because many patients do not have a complete response to dopaminergic therapy [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B2-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">2<\/a>] and neurostimulation techniques, although promising, may require invasive and expensive technology not always available [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B3-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">3<\/a>]. In this scenario, physiotherapeutic approaches may be easier to apply with a lower risk of side effects and potential cardiovascular benefits.<\/p><p class=\"p p-last\">In this study, we aimed to assess whether training with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> can improve FoG and mobility in patients with PD. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> technique was developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a method for astronauts to maintain conditioning in space [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B4-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">4<\/a>]. The available technology allows patients to walk with a programmed reduction of body weight, decreasing joint pressure in the lower limbs, making it suitable for patients with osteoarthritis and muscular deconditioning while preserving gait mechanics [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B5-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">5<\/a>]. We hypothesized that patients with PD undergoing training under much lower body weight would decrease FoG and improve gait as previously reported in patients undergoing rehabilitation in low gravity environments such as aquatic therapy [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B6-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">6<\/a>,<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B7-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">7<\/a>].<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cda60b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cda60b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14077e2\" data-id=\"14077e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8843937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8843937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\"><strong>2. Materials and Methods<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p class=\"p p-first\">We enrolled patients diagnosed with PD according to the Queen Square Brain Bank Criteria [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B8-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">8<\/a>] and Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FoGQ) with a score equal or higher than 8 points, after optimizing dopaminergic therapy between 1 and 2 months prior to starting the therapy. Patients were enrolled in a single tertiary care clinic for movement disorders from August 2018 to January 2020. We excluded patients confined to a wheelchair, those with comorbid neurological disorders affecting gait other than PD and those with cardiovascular disorders precluding physical effort. Clinical evaluations were performed by a movement disorders specialist with part III (motor score) of the Movement Disorders Society Unified Parkinson\u2019s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS-III); the disease stage was assessed according to the modified Hoehn\u2013Yahr scale [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B9-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">9<\/a>]. The cognitive status was assessed by means of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). The FoGQ was used as inclusion criteria and to assess the severity and functional impact of FoG [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B10-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">10<\/a>]. This clinical scale is composed by 6 items, each one of them rating the impairment between 0 (normal or lack of abnormality) to 4 (severely abnormal). Furthermore, item 2.13 of the MDS-UPDRS part II was also included to estimate the severity of FoG. The clinical response of FoG to levodopa was classified as: (1) unknown or unclear: including patients that have never taken the medication; (2) partially sensible; (3) resistant: no changes with any dose of levodopa; and (4) induced: worsening with levodopa [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B11-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">11<\/a>].<\/p><p>The Timed Up &amp; Go (TUG) test was carried out in order to assess the patient\u2019s mobility, dynamic balance and fall risk [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B12-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">12<\/a>]. Patients performed three TUG attempts, they were allowed to use a walking aid (walker, or cane) and be accompanied (not assisted) by their caregiver during the test, if necessary, to protect patients from injury in case of falling during the test. An averaged TUG test was obtained from the second and third attempts. The TUG test is reliable and does not seem to suffer from ceiling or floor effects [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B12-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">12<\/a>]. Although patients and examiners were not blinded, they were unaware of the scores of baseline evaluations. The Clinical Global Impressions Scale (CGIS) was used to evaluate \u201cseverity\u201d of the gait disorder at baseline and \u201cimprovement\u201d after concluding all training sessions. Additionally, we asked patients whether they perceived improvement in equilibrium while walking, increased gait speed, longer steps and less FoG episodes after concluding the therapy. Finally, the number of falls in the month preceding and during the therapy was recorded.<\/p><p>The aforementioned clinical evaluations were carried out at baseline 48 to 96 h before starting the training sessions. Follow-up evaluations were performed between 24 and 72 h after the last training session. Medications for PD were not modified during the study period and all assessments were performed with patients in the medication \u201cOn\u201d state. The study protocol received final approval by our local committee of ethics on March 2020 without modifications (Sant\u00e9 Medical Tower, no 202003-002) and patients or a close family member provided written informed consent to participate in the study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-29f5897 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29f5897\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1fc2159\" data-id=\"1fc2159\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d20d63b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d20d63b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.3 - 22-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/physiotherapy-7069919_640.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3050\" alt=\"parkinson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/physiotherapy-7069919_640.png 640w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/physiotherapy-7069919_640-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/physiotherapy-7069919_640-600x450.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-694c72f\" data-id=\"694c72f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e8234 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8e8234\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Procedure: Patients were instructed to take their anti-parkinsonian drugs at least one to two hours before each training session in order to perform it in the medication \u201cOn\u201d state. Therapy was carried out with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a>. The device can provide up-to 80% body-weight reduction by applying positive air pressure around the lower extremities during treadmill training (<a class=\"fig-table-link figpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/figure\/brainsci-10-00739-f001\/\" target=\"figure\">Figure 1<\/a>). \u00a0This technology has shown safety in systemic and intracranial hemodynamic parameters [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B13-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">13<\/a>]. Patients underwent two training sessions per week over 4 consecutive weeks. Each session lasted up to 60 min according to patient\u2019s tolerance. All patients underwent automatic weight estimation by the machine, followed by a programmed body-weight reduction of 50% in all sessions. The treadmill velocity was adapted depending on the individual tolerance on each session, but all patients were able to tolerate progressively faster velocities and training time. Baseline and follow-up evaluations were performed in the medication \u201cOn\u201d state, 1 to 2 h following the last dose of dopaminergic medication, as patients underwent therapy in the \u201cOn\u201d state and some of them were too impaired to carry out the evaluation in the medication \u201cOff\u201d state.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60176dd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60176dd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-808bc90\" data-id=\"808bc90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac1e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aac1e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data were summarized in means \u00b1 standard deviations, range, and percentages. The paired\u00a0<em>t<\/em>-test was used to compare means before and after concluding the therapy. The McNemar\u2019s test and Fisher\u2019s exact test were used to compare nominal or ordinal data before and after the therapy. All statistical evaluations were performed using SPSS version 22 (Armonk, NY, USA), a\u00a0<em>p<\/em>\u00a0value &lt; 0.05 was considered significant. Patients completing less than 70% of programmed sessions were eliminated from the analysis.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-530af11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"530af11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ed13a0\" data-id=\"5ed13a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e18ad5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e18ad5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"sec3dot1-brainsci-10-00739\" class=\"sec sec-first\"><p id=\"sec3dot1-brainsci-10-00739title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\"><strong>3. Results<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p>3.1. Patients Included in the Cohort<\/p><p class=\"p p-first-last\">Among 60 consecutive patients with PD, 27 patients fulfilled diagnostic criteria for inclusion and accepted to participate in the study. Among these patients, eight were not included in the final analysis: five patients did not finish the required number of training sessions (n = 2 lived far from the center; n = 1 had orthopedic problems, n = 1 argued social commitments and n = 1 was for unclear reasons) and three never started the therapy (n = 1 had hip problems; n = 1 lived far from the center; n = 1 died due to complications of Crohn\u2019s disease). Patients not included in the analysis had a longer evolution time of PD compared to included patients 6.8 vs. 16.2 years (<em>p<\/em>\u00a0= 0.011); no statistically significant differences were observed in other demographics, motor status, FoG and cognitive variables.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"sec3dot2-brainsci-10-00739\" class=\"sec sec-last\"><p id=\"sec3dot2-brainsci-10-00739title\">3.2. Clinical Features of Included Patients and Effect of the Therapy<\/p><p class=\"p p-first\">A total of 19 patients were included in the analysis; there were 10 males with a mean age at evaluation of 72.7 \u00b1 10.1 years; FoG was partially sensible to levodopa in 63.2% of patients; other clinical features are summarized in\u00a0<a class=\"fig-table-link figpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/table\/brainsci-10-00739-t001\/\" target=\"table\">Table 1<\/a>. Most patients (21 out of 26) required adjustment of dopaminergic medication with increased dose.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4a77cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4a77cc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1b0d07\" data-id=\"f1b0d07\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60ad9c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"60ad9c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143708.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3070\" alt=\"Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143708.jpg 621w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143708-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143708-600x481.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00ee17d\" data-id=\"00ee17d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb45e0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb45e0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"623\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143827.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3072\" alt=\"Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143827.jpg 623w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143827-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20231020143827-600x429.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-939f4f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"939f4f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-deb0045\" data-id=\"deb0045\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee3eaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee3eaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When comparing baseline to follow-up scores, an improvement in the total FOGQ score was observed (<em>p<\/em>\u00a0= 0.001); although individual improvements were observed in all FOGQ sub-scores, difficulties with daily activities, independence and duration of freezing when turning did not reach statistical significance (<a class=\"fig-table-link figpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/table\/brainsci-10-00739-t002\/\" target=\"table\">Table 2<\/a>). FoG scores also improved when assessed by items 2.13, 3.10 and 3.11 of the MDS-UPDRs-II and III, respectively. A decrease in recorded time was registered in the TUG test with an improvement of 7 sec when comparing mean times of the second and third attempts. Three patients were accompanied by caregivers in order to complete the TUG test. Falls were less common during therapy compared to the preceding months without reaching statistical significance.<\/p><p>A total of 16 (84%) patients self-rated their gait as \u201cmoderately better\u201d or \u201cmuch better\u201d at the end of therapy and the majority of patients reported benefit in gait balance, as they stated that their gait was more secure, but also noted larger steps, increased gait speed, and perceived improvement in FoG (<a class=\"fig-table-link figpopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/table\/brainsci-10-00739-t001\/\" target=\"table\">Table 1<\/a>). No side effects of antigravity training were reported by any patient.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4db4c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4db4c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1f75b8\" data-id=\"d1f75b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbb632d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbb632d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"sec4-brainsci-10-00739title\" class=\"head no_bottom_margin ui-helper-clearfix\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\"><strong>4. Discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p class=\"p p-first\">We present the effect of a novel therapy to treat FoG in patients with PD. Our results show that a relatively low intensity training program provided benefit in several FoG scores and increased mobility manifested by lower TUG times with lower incidence of falls; patients also perceived benefit in other aspects of their gait such as balance\/equilibrium, gait speed and larger steps. The high TUG observed at baseline and following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> trainings are explained as we selected the most impaired patients from a cohort. Although it is possible that a patient with atypical parkinsonism was included, we carefully excluded those patients at baseline. It is unclear why the total MDS-UPDRS-III score improved at the end of therapy, although it is known that various motor symptoms may improve following treatment with physical therapy. The relatively low MoCA scores in our patients suggest that the machine can provide benefit even in cognitively impaired patients; whether patients with higher MoCA scores would obtain higher benefit from the therapy should be further investigated.<\/p><p>The pathophysiology of FoG is complex and not fully understood where a network of cortical and subcortical structures seems to dysfunction leading to a multilevel neuronal integration failure [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B14-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">14<\/a>]. We hypothesize that attenuation of ground reaction forces provided by the machine may lead to better integration of neuronal motor circuits with the patient regaining certain motor abilities. It is also possible that patients may enhance neuronal compensatory mechanisms with improvement in gait [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B14-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">14<\/a>]. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> training has shown several benefits in children with cerebral palsy, including: improved muscle stiffness, decreased reflex hyperexcitability and enhanced corticostriatal tract function [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B15-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">15<\/a>]. Moreover, improvement in dynamic balance and postural stability has also been observed in these patients [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B16-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">16<\/a>]. These changes have been related to improved neuroplasticity [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B17-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">17<\/a>,<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B18-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">18<\/a>]. Neuroplasticity in dopaminergic signaling with increased D2 receptor binding potential was suggested in one study of patients with early-stage PD who underwent intensive (non-antigravity) treadmill training [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B19-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">19<\/a>]. Increased functional connectivity of diverse motor nodes has also been observed in patients undergoing lower extremity forced exercise resembling the effect of anti-parkinsonian medications [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B20-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">20<\/a>,<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B21-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">21<\/a>].<\/p><p class=\"p p-last\">Our study has limitations; we did not include a comparison group, for example patients undergoing treadmill training without the antigravity effect; this would help to clarify whether a placebo effect is involved in the improvement. A strength of this study is that we showed benefit in the most impaired patients, at the cost of reducing the external validity for less motor impaired patients. The current study is a pilot one that will help to plan future calculations in the number of patients included in a randomized trial. Considering the improvement in the mean TUG observed in this study (27%), a trial with 154 subjects would be necessary, considering a statistical power of 80%, and an alpha error of 0.05. Further studies should also help to clarify which is the ideal weight reduction or if this variable should be adapted to individual cases depending on the severity of the gait disorder or FoG. Video recordings before and after treatment are desirable; unfortunately, they only capture a moment in time and patients usually perform well while videotaped, decreasing the usefulness of this method; home-based assessments with wearable technology could be used in the future for objective evaluations of gait parameters in patients undergoing this therapy. Moreover, the reliability of the FoGQ and new-FoGQ has been questioned owing to the relatively high inter-rater reliability [<a class=\" bibr popnode\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/#B22-brainsci-10-00739\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">22<\/a>]; making necessary to include more reliable measures for FoG in further studies.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05dc728 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05dc728\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c53ea79\" data-id=\"c53ea79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0905b01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0905b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"sec5-brainsci-10-00739title\" class=\"head no_bottom_margin ui-helper-clearfix\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC7602654\/\"><strong>5. Conclusions<\/strong><\/a><\/p><p class=\"p p-first-last\">We present the effect of a novel rehabilitation therapy with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/anti-gravity-treadmill\/\">anti-gravity treadmill<\/a> showing improvement in FoG and mobility in patients with PD. Further studies should clarify how the antigravity effect improves gait in PD and better define the training variables that can provide the maximal clinical benefit, as this therapy is quite easy and practical to apply for clinicians and rehabilitation technicians with acceptable compliance by patients with low risk of side effects.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key words: Parkinson\u2019s disease, neurodegenerative disorders, freezing of gait, neurorehabilitation, rehabilitation, therapy Abstract Background: Parkinson\u2019s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor impairment. Freezing of gait, impaired mobility and falls are common problems in these patients. We aimed to evaluate the effect of a novel therapy for these patients. Methods: We studied patients &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goldenall.com\/en\/research-anti-gravity-treadmill-training-for-freezing-of-gait-in-parkinsons-disease\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">[Research] Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.8 (Yoast SEO v20.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>[Research] Anti-Gravity Treadmill Training for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson\u2019s Disease - Goldenall\u00ae \u91d1\u4e07\u8c61\u00ae Anti-Gravity Treadmill \u53cd\u91cd\u529b\u8dd1\u53f0\u592a\u7a7a\u8dd1\u6b65\u673a\u51cf\u91cd\u6b65\u884c\u8bad\u7ec3\u5668\u8111\u5352\u4e2d\u795e\u7ecf\u5eb7\u590d\u9aa8\u79d1\u5eb7\u590d\u591a\u529f\u80fd\u8dd1\u53f0\u5927\u8303\u56f4\u51cf\u91cd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We present the effect of a novel rehabilitation therapy with an anti-gravity treadmill showing improvement in FoG and mobility in patients with PD. 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