Developing the effective falls prevention strategy in home-care patients with Parkinson's disease

本研究旨在了解家庭式帕金森氏病患者跌倒的实际情况及影响因素，为预防跌倒提供有效的物理疗法。用加速度计定量测量帕金森病患者的日常体力活动，并与同龄健康老年人进行比较。结果，揭示了以下事实。一天中站立的时间较长，而行走的时间较短。在转弯时，先前在转角之前启动了方向更改。在这些观察的基础上，设计了转弯时大动作和预测性颈部旋转的练习方案

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the actual condition and the factor affecting of falls in home-care patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), and to create the effective physiotherapy for falls prevention. The daily physical activities of PD were measured quantitatively using the accelerometer, and compared with those of the healthy elderly people of the same age. As the result, the following facts were revealed. Duration of standing is long, whereas duration of walking is short during a single day. In turning a corner, a direction change was initiated previously before the corner. Based upon these observations, the exercise program which focused on big movement and predictive neck rotation at turning a corner was designed