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22nd December 2017 - New research
LASER SHOES FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE
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Laser shoes have been developed to help with the freezing that can occur in
Parkinson's Disease. When freezing (freezing of gait) occurs, the person
finds themself unable to take a step despite willing themselves to walk
forward. This can occur for anything from a few seconds to over a minute and
can cause a person to lose their balance and fall over. Each laser shoe has
a projection device mounted to the toe that produces a line about 18 inches
(half a metre) ahead, towards which the user can then step. Patients with
Parkinson's Disease who had freezing of gait were assessed in "off" and also
"on" medication states.
 Cueing
using laser shoes was associated with a significant reduction in freezing of
gait episodes both during "off" medication (45%) and "on" (37%) medication.
Moreover, laser shoes significantly reduced the time frozen by 56% during
"off" medication, and 51% during "on" medication. These effects were
paralleled by the patients' positive subjective experience on the efficacy
of laser shoes. These findings demonstrate the immediate efficacy of laser
shoes and so offer a promising intervention with potential to deliver
in-home cueing for patients with freezing of gait.
Reference : Neurology [2017] Dec 20 [Epub ahead of print] (C.Barthel,
J.Nonnekes, M.van Helvert, R.Haan, A.Janssen, A.Delval, V.Weerdesteyn,
B.Debū, R.van Wezel, B.R.Bloem, M.U.Ferraye)
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