Dual-task intervention based on trail making test: Effects on Parkinson's disease.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention with dual task based on trail making test on gait, cognition and daily activities execution in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Methodology: 10 individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD) were divided into dual task group (DTG) and control group (CG).

Effects of Bolero basic steps on balance and functional mobility in post-stroke hemiparesis: A pilot study.

Background: Problems with balance are common after a stroke, and dancing can be a beneficial adjunctive approach to rehabilitation. Dancing can be seen as a strategy to increase motivation, as it may be able to improve motor patterns of stroke patients. In this sense, Bolero is a Cuban rhythm that includes slight movements and provides stimuli to engage one physically and make one learn new motor patterns.

Immediate effect of mental practice with and without mirror therapy on muscle activation in hemiparetic stroke patients.

Mental practice (MP) consists of the repeated mental rehearsal of a physical skill without movement, called motor imagery (MI). Studies show that MP and MI associated mirror therapy (MPMT) may improve muscle control of the upper limbs in hemiparesis. This study aimed to evaluate muscle activation during active flexion of the wrist (MA), MP, and MPMT in patients with history of stroke and hemiparesis.

Mental practice and mirror therapy associated with conventional physical therapy training on the hemiparetic upper limb in poststroke rehabilitation: a preliminary study.

Background: The presence of sensory and motor deficits is common in patients post stroke. Mental practice (MP) and mirror therapy (MT) can be used as therapeutic techniques for poststroke rehabilitation. Important results have been demonstrated, although they have not established the patients' functional gain or related results of muscle electromyographic (EMG) data to functionality.