Parkinson's Disease Support Group
Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...
I just found out yesterday about these hi tech googles.
The high-tech goggles display an image of a tiled black-and-white floor in front of the patient's eyes.
As the patient steps forward, a mobile phone-sized device clipped on to their belt transmits the tiled floor image through a wire to the corner of each eyepiece.
The floor appears to move towards them as their body advances.
This provides a continuous "prompt" for the brain to overcome frozen limbs.
In tests, up to 50 per cent of Parkinson's patients were able to walk faster and take longer steps using the device.
Among MS patients, the figures were as high as 86 per cent.
Has anyone tried them yet?
The high-tech goggles display an image of a tiled black-and-white floor in front of the patient's eyes.
As the patient steps forward, a mobile phone-sized device clipped on to their belt transmits the tiled floor image through a wire to the corner of each eyepiece.
The floor appears to move towards them as their body advances.
This provides a continuous "prompt" for the brain to overcome frozen limbs.
In tests, up to 50 per cent of Parkinson's patients were able to walk faster and take longer steps using the device.
Among MS patients, the figures were as high as 86 per cent.
Has anyone tried them yet?
Amazing what they can invent . All i want is for someone to invent the cure. Breakthru here in Australia with Alziemers, discovering how to manipulate certain proteins in the brain, well thats got to be a winner for pd also , possibly in the same vain
That said, for an earlier stage PD patient, the laser cane and goggles sound like a good training routine. Easy for me to say-- I don't have PD, I'm sure it would be irritating to have to work with it. But if you can train, and compensate, and get other parts of the brain to replace the functions that are compromised by PD... that sounds pretty interesting.
www.gaitaidmedical.net/forum
If you have your own suggestions for dealing with symptoms please post.
My father-in-law is constantly freezing up.
I compiled a list of ideas from the site.
I will let you know if any of them work.