Effect of Tai Chi training on walking ability and fear of falling of patients with Parkinson’s disease
Guan Xihong
Tang Xiazhu
Liu Jianmin
Abstract：Objective:To probe into the effect of Tai Chi training on walking ability and fear of falling(FOF)of patients with Parkinson’s disease.Methods:A total of 62 patients with Parkinson’s disease were selected and di-vided into intervention group(3 1 cases)and control group(3 1 cases)randomly.Routine rehabilitation exercises of neurology were used for the patients in control group,in addition,the patients in intervention group added Tai Chi training;all the intervention last for 1 2 weeks.The gait scale and Timed “Up and Go”Test(TUGT)were used to evaluate patient’s walking ability;The Berg Balance Scale(BBS)and Activities Specific Balance Confi-dence(ABC)were used to evaluate patients’balance function and the degree of FOF.Results:After interven-tion,the scores of velocity and step length,BBS score,TUGT results in intervention group were significantly higher than those in control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Tai Chi training could improve the walking ability of patients with Parkinson’s disease and reduce their FOF.
Keywords：Tai ChiParkinson’s diseasewalking abilityfear of falling
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 3514-3517 )