Gemma Lombardi, Marco Baccini, Alice Gualerzi, Silvia Pancani, Silvia Campagnini, Stefano Doronzio, Diego Longo, Alessandro Maselli, Giulio Cherubini, Michele Piazzini, Tommaso Ciapetti, Cristina Polito, Samuele Pinna, Chiara De Santis, Marzia Bedoni, Claudio Macchi, Silvia Ramat, Francesca Cecchi
BACKGROUND: Intensive treadmill training (TT) has been documented to improve gait parameters and functional independence in Parkinson's Disease (PD), but the optimal intervention protocol and the criteria for tailoring the intervention to patients' performances are lacking. TT may be integrated with augmented virtual reality (AVR), however, evidence of the effectiveness of this combined treatment is still limited. Moreover, prognostic biomarkers of rehabilitation, potentially useful to customize the treatment, are currently missing...
2024: Frontiers in Neurology