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Volume 08 Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonism Parkinsons Congress 2018
May 14-15, 2018
May 14-15, 2018 Singapore
4th Global Experts Meeting on
Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders
Exercise to improve walking abilities in individuals with parkinson’s disease
Ray-Yau Wang
National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and results in gait dysfunction due to impaired
movement control, such as tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability. The gait dysfunction is demonstrated as
decreased walking speed and difficulties in advanced walking including turning and obstacle crossing performance. Such gait
dysfunction may affect the functional independence and increase the fall risks. Therefore, training to improve gait performance
is essential for people with PD. Treadmill training can improve gait speed, stride length ad walking distance due to mass
practice and forced use. The turning-based treadmill training has been reported to improve turning performance due to the
task-specificity. The non-invasive brain stimulation, such as the repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) has
been proposed to prime the brain activity to enhance the following training effects. It is noted that the rTMS followed by
treadmill training exerts better effects in improving walking performance paralleled modulation of corticomotor inhibition
than treadmill training alone.
Biography
Ray-Yau Wang has received her entry-level Physical Therapy training in National Taiwan University, Master’s degree in Physical Therapy in Emory University, and
practiced as a Physical Therapist in the Rehabilitation Center, Emory University Hospital, USA. She has completed her PhD in Physiology at National Yang-Ming
University and is currently the Faculty in Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University. She concentrates and engages
in the physical therapy and medical research in the area of neurorehabilitation. One of her major research areas is to develop the treatment protocols for patients
with stroke and parkinson’s disease.
Ray-Yau Wang, J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism 2018, Volume 8
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0460-C2-039