Application of Virtual Reality in Rehabilitation for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease (review)

VernacularTitle:虚拟现实技术在帕金森病冻结步态康复中的应用进展
Author: Ruidan WANG ¹ ; Peiling HUANG ² ; Weijun GONG ¹ ; Boyan FANG ¹
Author Information

1. Beijing Rehabilitation Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing 100144, China
2. Beijing Rehabilitation School Affiliated to Capital Medical University, Beijing 100144, China
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Parkinson's disease, freezing of gait, virtual reality, rehabilitation, review
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice 2018;24(7):791-794
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Virtual reality is an integrated technology which simulates the real world via the computer, with characteristics of immersion, interaction and imagination. It is widely used in neurological rehabilitation. Freezing of gait (FOG) is a destructive symptom which appears in late stage of Parkinson's disease, which can be divided into subtypes of moving forward with very small steps, leg trembling in place and total akinesia, and often results in fall and injury of the patients. Virtual reality can simulate the environment of FOG to provide a new idea for the assessment. Virtual reality combined with treadmill training can provide challenging functional training in a complex environment to improve the gait. How it works is remained unclear.