Relationships between different walking speeds and body composition or standing balance in home-care patients with Parkinsonʼs disease
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- Murata Shin
- Faculty of Health Science, Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Kodama Takayuki
- Faculty of Health Science, Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Nakano Hideki
- Faculty of Health Science, Kyoto Tachibana University
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- Soma Masayuki
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Tohoku Fukushi University
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- Satou Yosuke
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Tohoku Fukushi University
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- Yumioka Mami
- Faculty of Human Sciences, Osaka University of Human Sciences
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- Murata Jun
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- Nakae Hideyuki
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Tohoku Fukushi University
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- 在宅パーキンソン病患者の異なる歩行速度と 身体組成および立位バランスとの関連
- ザイタク パーキンソンビョウ カンジャ ノ コトナル ホコウ ソクド ト シン タイソセイ オヨビ リツイ バランス ト ノ カンレン
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Abstract
<p>To determine an appropriate method to measure gait speed in patients with Parkinsonʼs disease (PD), the maximum, normal, and slow gait speeds of 14 PDpatients(6 males, 8 females, 71.3±6.1 years), who were able to walk independently and living at home,were measured, and their relationships with various balance test results and the skeletal muscle volume were analyzed. Normal gait speed was only significantly correlated with the Timed up & go test (TUG) score, whereas maximum gait speed was significantly correlated with the height, and TUG and Functional reach test (FRT) scores. Slow gait speed was significantly correlated with skeletal, upper/lower limb, and trunk muscle volumes. Furthermore, the difference between the maximum and slow gait speeds was significantly correlated with height, skeletal, upper/lower limb, and trunk muscle volumes, and TUG and FRT scores. The results highlight the importance of assessing gait at low speeds, in addition to maximum speeds, rather than normal speeds, in PD patients.</p>
Journal
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- Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy
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Japanese Journal of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy 9 (4), 181-186, 2020-01-31
Japan Society of Health Promotion and Physical Therapy