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By: Sasanka Mahanta, Kangkan Talukdar, and Gautam Govinda Chetia.
1.Assistant Professor, Regional College of Paramedical Health Sciences, Tepesia, Assam, India.
2.Lecturer, Department of Physiotherapy, Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat, Assam, India.
3Senior Physiotherapist, CLS Health Care Centre, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Aim: Parkinson’s disease is a common neurodegenerative disorder that mostly affects the older population with generalized slowing of movements (bradykinesia) and at least one other symptom of resting tremor or rigidity. Fatigue is also a major non-motor symptom of Parkinson’s disease, which affects patient’s quality of life. Although various physical therapy interventions have been shown to be effective in the management of motor and non-motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, there were limited evidence in the evaluation of the effects of physiotherapeutic intervention in both motor and non-motor symptom in a single study. Purpose: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of physiotherapy intervention in reducing bradykinesia and fatigue level in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Methodology: A 63-year-old female diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease with Hoehn & Yahr Stage 3 came for regular Physiotherapy. The subject received physical therapy twice daily for 8 weeks. Each intervention session lasted for 60–90 minutes. Bradykinesia and fatigue level were assessed on the first day prior to the intervention by using the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) and the 16-item Parkinson’s disease fatigue scale (PFS-16). At the end of 8 weeks, these outcomes measures were re-assessed and pre- and post-intervention data were analyzed. Result: After analyzing the data, it was found that both UPDRS and PFS-16 scores improved after 8 weeks of intervention. Conclusion: It was concluded that physical therapy session twice daily for 8 weeks is an effective intervention in reducing bradykinesia and fatigue level in patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, bradykinesia, fatigue, physiotherapy, physical therapy
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