title: Visual feedback training using WII Fit improves balance in Parkinson's disease.
abstract: Postural instability including imbalance is the most disabling long term problem in Parkinson's disease (PD) that does not respond to pharmacotherapy. This study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of a novel visual-feedback training method, using Wii Fit balance board in improving balance in patients with PD. Twenty four patients with moderate PD were included in the study which comprised of a 6-week home-based balance training program using Nintendo Wii Fit and balance board. The PD patients significantly improved their results in Berg Balance Scale, Tinnet's Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment, Timed Up-and-Go, Sit-to-stand test, 10-Meter Walk test and Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale at the end of the programme. This study suggests that visual feedback training using Wii-Fit with balance board could improve dynamic and functional balance as well as motor disability in PD patients.
authors.affiliation: Higher Vocational State School, Health Care Institute, Tarnow, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zalecki
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gorecka-Mazur
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pietraszko
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Artur D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Surowka
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moskala
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland. krygowska@neuro.cm-uj.krakow.pl.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krygowska-Wajs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D056228:Feedback, Sensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004856:Postural Balance; D012678:Sensation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018910:Video Games