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Exercise for the stride phase using a checkered board.
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Our patient had to imagine the following actions before performing them: transitioning from a seated position to a standing position; stride (Figure 1) and stance phase (Figure 2); start of gait; and gait on different paths and grounds.
Exercise for the stance phase using personal weighing machines.
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Our patient had to imagine the following actions before performing them: transitioning from a seated position to a standing position; stride (Figure 1) and stance phase (Figure 2); start of gait; and gait on different paths and grounds.
Graphic representation of Tinetti (a) and VAS (b) results.
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The course of the disease was examined using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). The Tinetti scale identified improvements in balance and indicated that the patient decreased her risk of falling, both in "ON" and "OFF" phases; these effects persisted at T2 (Figure 3).
Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale results with graphic representation of total score.
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T1 with confirmed results at the follow-up ("ON" phase: 1 (T0), 0 (T1), 0 (T2); "OFF" phase: 2 (T0), 1 (T1), 1 (T2)). The VAS, decreasing from 7 (T0) to 1.7 (T1), confirmed the decline in lower limb pain as a freezing prodrome, improving to 0.5 at T2. The UPDRS showed improved motor activity in the "ON" and "OFF" phases, with a resulting improvement in the activities of daily living. This score remained constant at the follow-up (Figure 4).