LSVT BIG ©, part 2
LSVT BIG was developed to counteract the movement problems typical of Parkinson's, such as stiffness, tremors and slowness. While we dealt with the basics in the first part, we look at the therapeutic process in the second part.
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LSVT BIG ©
The increased risk of melanoma in Parkinson's patients has been documented in numerous scientific studies. A first comprehensive meta-analysis was published by Liu and colleagues in the journal Neurology in 2011 and found that people with Parkinson's had more than double the risk of being diagnosed with melanoma. An important study on this topic was also published in 2010 by John Bertoni and colleagues in the Archives of Neurology (later renamed JAMA Neurology). The Bertoni study used data from the North American Parkinson's and Melanoma Survey Group and found that the incidence of malignant melanoma was 2,24 times higher in the Parkinson's cohort compared to the general population.
Neuro Tango. Dancing as non-drug therapy
The activating therapies traditionally include physiotherapy, ergotherapy and
speech therapy. But there are also some additional activities that activate and the classic
Support therapies - such as dancing. Personal activity and movement in everyday life
not to underestimate.
Aside from the fun factor and the social similarities, dancing generally becomes very
covered many basic functional exercises that are good for everyone. In addition, they have an effect
reducing some manifestations of the diseases: (Hackney & Earhart, 2009, 2010)
Frank Elstner: "My backhand is still good"
In the myTischtennis.de interview, the 80-year-old presenter legend talks about how his passion for table tennis came about, to what extent the fast ball sport slows down the course of his illness, what points of contact the former show host had with Hans Wilhelm Gäb and why he once put it on the cover of managed 'ping pong'.
Movement training for Parkinson's patients
Private lecturer Doctor Heiko Gaßner from the University Hospital Erlangen, together with the Erlangen regional group of the German Parkinson's Association, has developed a movement training concept for Parkinson's patients.
So that the patients can repeat their exercises after the rehab regardless of time and place, he and his team and Wolf-Jürgen Aßmus from the Erlangen regional group have packed the training including instructions into eight videos of about 30 minutes.
This resulted in a unique video project that is second to none. We would like to thank Doctor Gassner very much for allowing us to present the videos as part of our mobility offensive in the Parkinson Journal.
As an introduction to the project and as a kind of "making of", I conducted an interview with Wolf-Jürgen Aßmus. Wolf Jürgen Aßmus, also suffering from Parkinson's disease, is a member of the dPV regional group in Erlangen and is responsible for the image, sound and editing of the videos.
I can only recommend everyone to use the exercises for their own "home training", because the following applies in particular:
Exercise is one of the few promising non-drug therapies for Parkinson's.