Mentality-orientated rehabilitation, a new rehabilitation strategy for patients with Parkinson disease

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The current rehabilitation strategy is mainly disability oriented, and, in principle, starts from the evaluation of motor function and aims to strengthen the deteriorated functions. Therefore, this method is very effective for patients with acute diseases. However, the effect of such a rehabilitation strategy on gradually progressive neurodegenerative diseases is not well clarified. In particular, Disability-oriented Rehabilitation has not shown an adequate effect in Parkinson disease, which is associated with psychological stress. In this study, we provide an outline of a new rehabilitation strategy and introduce Mentality-oriented Rehabilitation for patients with Parkinson disease. We examined the effect of the rehabilitation and found the significant beneficial effect on motor and/or mental function in patients with Parkinson disease.