OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of visual cues combined with treadmill training on gait performance in @entity1 with @entity191 and to compare the strategy with pure treadmill training. DESIGN: Pilot, exploratory, non-blinded, randomized controlled trial. SETTING: University Hospital of Munich, Germany. SUBJECTS: Twenty-three outpatients with @entity191 (Hoehn and Yahr stage II-IV). INTERVENTIONS: @entity1 received 12 training sessions within five weeks of either visual cues combined with treadmill training (n   =   12) or pure treadmill training (n   =   11). MAIN MEASURES: Outcome measures were gait speed, stride length and cadence recorded on the treadmill. Functional tests included the Timed Up and Go Test, the Unified @entity191 Rating Scale and the Freezing of gait-questionnaire. Assessments were conducted at baseline, after the training period and at two months follow-up. RESULTS: After the training period (n   =   20), gait speed and stride length had increased in both groups (p         0.05). @entity1 receiving the combined training scored better in the Timed Up and Go Test compared with the @entity1 receiving pure treadmill training (p         0.05). At two months follow-up (n   =   13), @entity1 who underwent the combined training sustained better results in gait speed and stride length (p         0.05) and sustained the improvement in the Timed Up and Go Test (p         0.05). CONCLUSIONS: This pilot study suggests that visual cues combined with treadmill training have more beneficial effects on gait than pure treadmill training in @entity1 with a moderate stage of @entity191 . A large-scale study with longer follow-up is required.

Visual cues combined with treadmill training to improve gait performance in XXXX : A pilot randomized controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity191 :: ('MESH:D010300', 'Disease') :: ["Parkinson's Disease", "Parkinson's disease"]
@entity191 :: (MESH:D010300,Disease) :: ['Parkinson's disease']
