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Imagery Reduces Tremor in Parkinson’s Patients | Print |  E-mail
Sunday, 04 October 2009

Researchers from the Department of Neurology at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel examined whether a Parkinson’s Disease (PD) tremor, known to worsen with stress, could improve with what they refer to as “relaxation guided imagery” (RGI) and calming music.

Twenty PD patients with moderate to severe tremor participated in sessions where relaxation techniques were implemented. Tremor was objectively monitored using an accelerometer.

All 20 subjects in the imagery condition (RGI) had dramatically decreased  tremor (baseline 270.38 +/- 85.82 vs. RGI 35.57 +/- 43.90 movements per minute P < 0.0001).  Additionally, in 15 patients, the tremor was completely gone for 1-13 min.

 
Help for Parkinson’s – Impact of Yoga & Imagery | Print |  E-mail
Sunday, 12 April 2009

We got this email recently: 
I want to praise Carol Dickman’s Seated Yoga video and Belleruth’s Parkinson’s Disease imagery.  My husband who has been disabled and depressed with his illness for several years responds well to these.  He works with both each day.  He is less depressed, sleeps better and we both think he has gotten somewhat better at getting himself to move when he is “stalled”, which is what we call it when there is a gap between when he wants to use his muscles and when they respond.

 
Guided motor imagery helps with athletic performance, neurological conditions. | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 28 March 2008

Guided Motor Imagery Helps with Athletic Performance, Neurological Conditions

Investigators at the University of Haifa in Israel reviewed the literature to determine the positive effects of guided motor imagery practice on motor performance. There is abundant evidence that motor performance is improved in athletes, people who are healthy, and people with neurological conditions, such as stroke, spinal cord injury and Parkinson’s disease. This article discusses how to integrate motor imagery into a physical therapy practice and goes into particulars of visual and kinesthetic motor imagery, factors that modify motor imagery practice, the design of motor imagery protocols, and potential applications of motor imagery.

Citation: Dickstein R, Deutsch JE. Motor imagery in physical therapist practice. Physical Therapy. 2007 Jul; 87 (7): pages 942-53. Epub 2007 May 1 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

 
A nurse working with a 76 year old man who was recently diagnosed with Parkinsons and who is motivat | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 23 February 2007
A nurse working with a 76 year old man who was recently diagnosed with Parkinsons and who is motivated to take an active role in his treatment, asks us when the PD imagery is scheduled to be completed..
 
Integration of motor imagery and physical practice more effective for subjects with Parkinsons | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 22 December 2006

Researchers from Meir General Hospital in Kfar Saba, Israel, investigated the efficacy of motor imagery practice for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease symptoms.

Of 23 patients with idiopathic PD, an experimental group of 12 was treated with both imagery and physical practice, and a control group received physical exercises alone.

Exercises for both groups were applied during 1-hour sessions held twice a week for 12 weeks. Comparable motor tasks provided to both groups included callisthenic exercises, functional tasks, and relaxation exercises.

 
We are asked"So where is the Parkinson’s Disease imagery already?", and we say back, "Why, it’s righ | Print |  E-mail
Thursday, 18 May 2006
We are asked "So where is the Parkinson’s Disease imagery already?", and we say back, "Why, it’s right here! .."
 
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