Different types of additional somatosensory information do not promote immediate benefits on gait in patients with Parkinson's disease and older adults

• Main Authors: Ellen Lirani-Silva (Author), Rodrigo Vitório (Author), Fabio Augusto Barbieri (Author), André Macari Baptista (Author), Paulo Cezar Rocha dos Santos (Author), Lilian Teresa Bucken Gobbi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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AbstractPlantar cutaneous stimulation has been shown to improve gait in Parkinson's disease (PD), but the effects of different types of insoles have not been tested. We evaluated the immediate effect of different types of insoles on gait in PD patients and healthy older adults. Nineteen PD pati...