Dance is more than therapy: Qualitative analysis on therapeutic dancing classes for Parkinson's.

Objectives: To understand the benefits and limitations of therapeutic dancing classes for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and how best to design and implement classes.

Design: A stakeholder forum explored the opinions of 18 allied health clinicians, dance instructors, people with PD and caregivers. Data were thematically analysed and interpreted within a grounded theory framework.

Effects of external cues on gait parameters of Parkinson's disease patients: a systematic review.

Objectives: A systematic review to evaluate the benefits of external cues on the gait of PD patients and their impact on the quality of life, freezing and psychomotor performance was performed. The types of cues that could lead to more significant gains were analyzed.

Methods: We searched for randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and quasi-randomized clinical trial (QRCTs) that assessed the influence of different external cues on gait, freezing, quality of life and psychomotor performance.

The neural mobilization technique modulates the expression of endogenous opioids in the periaqueductal gray and improves muscle strength and mobility in rats with neuropathic pain.

Background: The neural mobilization (NM) technique is a noninvasive method that has been proven to be clinically effective in reducing pain; however, the molecular mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. The aim of this study was to analyze whether NM alters the expression of the mu-opioid receptor (MOR), the delta-opioid receptor (DOR) and the Kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) in the periaqueductal gray (PAG) and improves locomotion and muscle force after chronic constriction injury (CCI) in rats.

Methods: The CCI was imposed on adult male rats followed by 10 sessions of NM every other day, starting 14 days after the CCI injury.

Neural mobilization reverses behavioral and cellular changes that characterize neuropathic pain in rats.

Background: The neural mobilization technique is a noninvasive method that has proved clinically effective in reducing pain sensitivity and consequently in improving quality of life after neuropathic pain. The present study examined the effects of neural mobilization (NM) on pain sensitivity induced by chronic constriction injury (CCI) in rats. The CCI was performed on adult male rats, submitted thereafter to 10 sessions of NM, each other day, starting 14 days after the CCI injury.