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Journal of bodywork and movement therapies

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The effects of light touch cue on gait initiation in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
INTRODUCTION: One of the common impairments in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) is disturbance of gait initiation. A light touch cue improves postural stability in patients with PD. Little is known about the effects of a light touch cue on gait...

Upper limb robot-assisted rehabilitation versus physical therapy on subacute stroke patients: A follow-up study.

Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
This study aims to analyse the long-term effects (6 months follow-up) of upper limb Robot-assisted Therapy (RT) compared to Traditional physical Therapy (TT), in subacute stroke patients. Although the literature on upper-limb rehabilitation with robo...

Osteopathic manual therapy in heart failure patients: A randomized clinical trial.

Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
BACKGROUND: Heart Failure (HF) patients usually present with increased arterial resistance and reduced blood pressure (BP) leading to an impaired functional capacity. Osteopathic Manual Therapy (OMT) focused on myofascial release techniques (MRT) and...

Joint amplitude MEMS based measurement platform for low cost and high accessibility telerehabilitation: Elbow case study.

Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
This paper, presents an inertial and magnetic sensor based technological platform, intended for articular amplitude monitoring and telerehabilitation processes considering an efficient cost/technical considerations compromise. The particularities of ...