Parkinson’s disease: the most common diagnostic mistakes in Lithuania

Valeikienė, Vaineta; Alekna, Vidmantas; Juozulynas, Algirdas; Mieliauskaitė, Diana; Ceremnych, Jelena

doi:10.2478/s11536-009-0054-1

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“…It was found that before physical therapy the worst quality of life was found in mobility and daily living activities. Results of our research coincide with the study carried out by V. Valeikienė et al (2009) which showed that the worst quality of life among patients with Parkinson's disease was found in mobility and daily living activities.…”

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Effect of Various Physical Therapy Programs on the Quality of Life, Balance, Kinematics of Speed and Accuracy Movements of the Hand in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Mickevičienė¹,

Skirmantaitė²,

Švedaitė³

et al. 2018

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Research background and hypothesis. Parkinson’s disease is a relevant health problem in the way that the disease limits human movement to a great extent as well as degrades the quality of life and overall communication capabilities. We believe that by accelerating the pace of individual workouts on the treadmill in the gym, better results will be achieved than using individual physical therapy at home.Research aim was to determine the effectiveness of various physical therapy programs on the quality of life, balance and kinematics of speed and accuracy movements of the hand in patients with Parkinson’s disease.Research methods. First group (n = 12) had individual physical therapy in the weightlifting gym. The second group (n = 12) had individual physical therapy at home. For the assessment of the quality of life, we selected the questionnaire PDQ-39 (Parkinson’s Disease Questionaire-39), and the subjects filled it in independently. For the assessment of static and dynamic balance, Berg Balance Scale and balance confidence scale were applied. Walking speed was assessed by using the “Up and go” test. The original device developed by Lithuanian Sports University researchers and Ltd. Katra specialists - the dynamic parameter analyser of human arm and leg movements DPA-1 – was used to evaluate the characteristics of the kinematics of the dominant arm movement.Research results. It was found that after 16 physiotherapy procedures, the quality of life statistically significantly improved in all eight areas (p < 0.05) in both groups under investigation. Mean Berg Balance Scale values after 16 physiotherapy procedures statistically significantly increased (p < 0.05) in Group I and Group II. A statistically significant improvement in balance (p < 0.05) was found in both groups. There was a statistically significant decrease (p < 0.05) in the test performance average time values of “Up and go” test in both groups. A statistically significant increase (p < 0.001) was established in the mean values of the six-minute walk distance. Kinematics of speed and accuracy movements statistically significantly increased (p < 0.05) in both groups.Discussion and conclusions. Both physical therapy programmes were effective in improving the quality of life, balance and kinematics of speed and accuracy movements of the hand in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Individual physical therapy programme at home was less effective, while acceleration of the pace of individual workouts on the treadmill in the gym had a greater impact.

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Effect of Various Physical Therapy Programs on the Quality of Life, Balance, Kinematics of Speed and Accuracy Movements of the Hand in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Mickevičienė¹,

Skirmantaitė²,

Švedaitė³

et al. 2018

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“…Also, prior to the research, the participants were informed about anonymity of the research and that they could withdraw from it at any time, that the participation was Therefore we could not compare results. Parkinson's disease is the second most common chronic neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer disease (Valeikienė et al, 2004). During the disease, a lesion in basal ganglia, especially substantianigra, starts to develop.…”

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Proceedings of the Iii International Scientific and Practical Conference “Psychological Health of the Person: Life Resource and Life Potential”

2017

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The Proceedings cover different aspects of mental health research concerned with human life resource and life potential, as well as applied aspects of health psychology.The editorial policy was based on the principles of selection and reviewing of all submitted manuscripts. At the first stage all the manuscripts underwent an initial review by the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board before peer-review in order to assess whether their content complied with the Conference theme. The manuscripts which did not comply with the subject matter of the Conference have been rejected. At the second stage all the manuscripts underwent a double blind review process: each work was reviewed by two experts from the Board of Reviewers; reviewing procedure was anonymous both for the experts and authors.In case of positive review results provided by both experts the contributions were included in the Editor-in-Chief Portfolio. At the third stage manuscripts underwent scientific style as well as language literacy assessment and language editing. This work was carried out by the team of Language Editors. Based on the results of the three stages of reviewing the list of the manuscripts recommended for the publication in the Conference Proceedings has been defined.The problem of assessment, prophylaxis and preserving human psychological health is of utmost importance today. Its relevance is determined, first, by the fact that both a person and his / her development as a healthy and autonomous personality represent a subject of a psychological research. Second, recent global transformations impose special requirements to the person seeking for health preservation, self-development, and self-actualisation. Among these requirements there is readiness to act in new, unpredictable conditions, to make decisions in unstable situations and to bear responsibility for one's decisions. To meet these requirements, a person should be able to see opportunities for self-development and self-fulfillment in the surrounding world, finding new meanings of his / her life activity.Existence of life resource and life potential expands the scope of any person's activities, turning the person's significant life purposes into more achievable ones. Resources are known to subjectively increase the value of a person both in his / her self-perception and in the eyes of others, making the person stronger, more prominent and proactive.Among various human resources health is a fundamental one. At the same time, life potential is not a less important characteristic, since it ensures human capacity to create, develop and use life conditions, factors and circumstances which are beneficial for an organism.Considering human health through the prism of life potential, it is necessary that the value of health within culture of its formation should be the highest, being defined not so much by the need for self-preservation but for self-improvement.The presented Proceedings are the result of both scientific studies in Psychology and fruitful and prospective long-term inte...

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Parkinsono Liga Ir Neįgalumas

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Parkinson‘s disease is a neurodegenerative disease, which damages the dopaminergic, cholinergic, serotonergic neurons and their interconnections. Diagnosis is clinical and based on the patient‘s complaints, medical history and data of clinical examination. It is a chronic, progressive disease, which sooner or later leads to disability. The study covered 121 person suffering from Parkinson‘s disease, 54 (44, 6%) men and 67 (55, 4%) women among them. The average age of patients was 67, 91 ± 10.98 (95% CI 65.10 - 70.73), males - 67.10 ± 17.11 (95% CI 62.77 - 71.44), 68.62 ± 10.76 for women (95% CI 64.74 - 72.50). We aimed to study the situation of persons suffering from Parkinson‘s disease, who are under complete or almost complete dependence, according to identification of special needs (care or nursing). As it was found, only half of patients: 16 ones (13.2%), with the condition assessed by Barthel Index as completely or almost completely dependent status, have identified specific needs - care. While the other 17 (14%) patients who were nailed to the bed, could not move at all, change in body position, even eat without help, had not been established nursing care. Some patients told that they did not even know about such a possibility, because nobody give them any informatic on about it. Since they can not walk, get to the clinic by themselves, a family doctor is called in to the house only if other conditions (fever or suspected infection) occure, nobody recommended them ask for special needs and care setting.

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Parkinson’s disease: the most common diagnostic mistakes in Lithuania

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Effect of Various Physical Therapy Programs on the Quality of Life, Balance, Kinematics of Speed and Accuracy Movements of the Hand in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Effect of Various Physical Therapy Programs on the Quality of Life, Balance, Kinematics of Speed and Accuracy Movements of the Hand in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Proceedings of the Iii International Scientific and Practical Conference “Psychological Health of the Person: Life Resource and Life Potential”

Parkinsono Liga Ir Neįgalumas

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