Brain Stimulation Can Restore Gait Function in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease

[nednedned]

Gait-related disturbances adversely affect the quality of life of patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), a condition affecting millions worldwide. Although various pharmacological, surgical, and rehabilitative treatments exist, their effectiveness is limited. Now, a team of researchers from Japan has successfully addressed this limitation. Using a novel neuromodulation approach that incorporates gait-combined closed-loop transcranial electrical stimulation, the team demonstrated significant gait improvements in patients with various neurological disorders including PD.

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[park_bear]

Study behind paywall here:

jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/...

" Results Ten intervention sessions were completed for all patients and showed that the gait speed (F(1, 21)=13.0, p=0.002) and stride length (F(1, 21)=8.9, p=0.007) were significantly increased after tES, but not after sham stimulation."

[MBAnderson in reply to park_bear]

Do you know what it looks like, i.e., any pictures?

[park_bear in reply to MBAnderson]

Here is a news release by the same researchers that does contain an image:

eurekalert.org/news-release...

Here is another via Google:

google.com/imgres?imgurl=ht...

Not clear to me from the above-cited results what the actual clinical impact is. Most importantly whether it persists after treatment or requires treatment all the time. That said, this looks much easier to do than the vibrating gloves.

[MBAnderson in reply to park_bear]

Thanks p b.

Yeah, the lack of specificity has to be intentional which raises suspicion.

[park_bear in reply to MBAnderson]

That may be disclosed the full text. I did not care to shell out $49 to find out.

[House2]

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