Parkinson Cognitive Rehabilitation

A team of people from Florida State university said “to not always trust brain training exercises since we don’t have Science to support it.” Researchers tested these kind of games to see if they legitimately do improve your memory, reasoning, and processing speed and they found some interesting information. They discovered it is possible to train the brain on certain tasks, but the skills tend to be very specific to the task and not beneficial for other tasks. The researchers also pointed out that if elderly people get excellent at doing crossword puzzles it won’t help them if they can’t remember where their keys are. If you want to improve cognitive function they suggest doing aerobic exercise instead

I choose to do my paper and presentation on Neurocognitive disorders due to Parkinson’s disease. The DSM 5 states the diagnostic criteria as:

Many people around the world today suffer from Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders. A movement disorder is a disorder impairing the speed, fluency, quality, and ease of movement. There are many types of movement disorders such as impaired fluency and speed of movement (dyskinesia), excessive movements (hyperkinesia), and slurred movements (hypokinesia). Some types of movement disorders are ataxia, a lack of coordination, Huntington's disease, multiple system atrophies, myoclonus, brief, rapid outbursts of movement, progressive supranuclear palsy, restless legs syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, tics, Tourette's syndrome, tremor, Wilson disease, dystonia, which causes involuntary body movement, and Parkinson's disease. Parkinson’s disease, Tourette’s syndrome, and tics are one of the most widely known of these disorders, known to impair people of movements and rob them of their lives.

These educational classes aim to teach the physical therapy students about (a) prevalence, neurological damage, the cause, signs, and symptoms of Parkinson; (b) the relevant neurological assessment and physical examination; and clinically (c) the techniques, strategies, and equipment of the physical therapy to improve balance problems, lack of coordination, fatigue, pain, gait, and immobility. Also, during clinical training, the educator will focus on several important factors such as intensity, duration, specificity, frequency, and type of exercise (Hendricks, Bond, Duncan, & Hale, 2009).

Have you ever wondered if there is a solution to Parkinson’s Disease? Well, being a Physical Therapist Tech, I work with a couple of individuals who have Parkinson’s. With this position I’m allowed to participate in the strengthening of those struggling with this disease. My patients with Parkinson’s have seemed to improve from their continuous therapy sessions. In each session, the patient and the therapist or tech works to help them with his or her condition. We work on the patient’s balance, stiffness, rigidness, and tremors. There are more involuntary movements but those are a few. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) can be improved with the help of physical activity and simulating activities. This disease is found in those mostly over the age of

This paper is a secondary research about a research question that I had to find information about and answer using that research. The question is does Physical Therapy help to slow or even stop the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease? I found different sources of information to find an answer to this question. Although I found it doesn’t slow the development of or stop Parkinson’s Disease it was still helpful to learn new things about the use of Physical Therapy in a new way because that is the field I hope to go into.

Whether it is remembering what groceries to buy, exercising, or multitasking, as human beings, age, daily tasks or activities to become more difficult to carry out. With technology significantly improving, it can become increasingly difficult for an aging adult to keep up with the steadily advancing world. Just as we maintain our heart health, maintenance of brain health in older adults are is important to society and everyday lives of individuals. Brain training, such as brain games, enhances the cognition and memory functions in older adults. By maintaining brain health, brain training can not only enhance cognitive functions but, can help positively transfer skills required to execute daily activities that require alertness, lack of

Attention is the cognitive function which mediates all the other cognitive domains. If an individual has impaired attention capacity, the performance on other cognitive tasks is likely to get affected. In a recent study (20) it is stated that mild AD cases have poor selective attention which is likely to get improved through cognitive rehabilitation, thereby boosting the process of learning and the quality of daily life among these patients. The main aim of the study was to review the effectiveness of the cognitive rehabilitation on selective attention of people with moderate cognitive impairment (early AD). It was a quasi-experimental study with pre/post testing. The study comprised of 40 patients, randomly divided into experimental and

Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease where nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra degenerate. Patients with PD will suffer from tremors, problems in locomotion and eventually total akinesia. Often aside from drug therapy (i.e. L-DOPA), the surgical addition of deep brain stimulation (DBS) often provides tremor reliefs. Recent studies have shown that intrastriatal transplantation of human fetal mesencephalic tissues increased the survival of the dopaminergic neurons for up to 10 years (Kordower et al., 1995; Piccini et al., 1999). Since human fetal stem cells are limited, the generation of human neural stem cells (NSC) by using retrovirus transfection encoding v-myc (S. U. Kim, 2004). When human NSCs can

Furthermore cognitive control and supervisory attentional system were developed so that the regulation and control of cognitive processes were improved. (Duchesne, et al., 2015). Research has shown that the aerobic capacity of an individual with Parkinson’s Disease will not decrease if they continue with regular aerobic exercise and aerobic capacity can actually still be increased. The main reason for reduced aerobic capacity in patients with Parkinson’s Disease is because they stop exercising due to a perceived reduction in quality of life (Canning, Alison, Allen, & Groeller, 1997). Hackney and Earhart (2009) demonstrated that 20 lessons of the dance tango, a form of aerobic exercise, improved overall health related quality of life for those affected by Parkinson’s disease. This is because the tango has shown to improve axial impairment, walking backward and allow problem solving, also the music from the tango acted as music therapy, reducing depression. (Hackney & Earhart,

Parkinson’s disease (PD), is degenerative disease of the brain affects parts of the brain that are associated with normal movement and balance. The mechanism of PD start by the loss of brain cells that produce dopamine in substantia nigra. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter or chemical messenger that carries signals between the neurons in the brain. The etiology of PD is idiopathic, and it is supposed to be due to many factors such as age, genetics, and environmental factors such as pesticides(5).

One man, one brain and one hundred trillion synapse. It takes a moment for one to experience damage to ones brain and neurons within the brain and a lifelong journey of recovery. The brain consists of many neurons which are single nerves. This essay intends to discuss whether there is effective recovery from brain damage by describing the intricate process of neural networks in the brain. It will include the fascinating and continuously evolving process of neuroplasticity. It will elaborate on the other therapies that coincide with neuroplasticity within the recovery process. Lastly, the evidence which stands as verification of the theory providing a better understanding for one.

The South Dakota Parkinson’s Foundation offers support groups in various communities in South Dakota. These communities include Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Brookings, Mitchell, Viborg, Watertown, and Yankton. Apart from Viborg, all of these locations are larger population centers. It is obviously important for these locations to have these support groups, however we are neglecting the rural populations of the state. Also, several of these locations are located reasonably close to each other. I believe we can expand these types of programs to the western side of the state as well, not just Rapid

Parkinson's disease's discovery dates back to ancient time. Back then, it was known as Kampavata. Then, in AD 175, it's was changed to the Shaking Palsy. Then it was renamed in 1817 because of a very highly detailed medical essay by James Parkinson. He based it off of observations he made when walking around his neighborhood. James made this article to encourage people to study the disease. It was 60 years before Jean Charcot discovered James's essay and studied it. Then she stated to call the Shaking Palsy Parkinson's disease. Even though a lot was known about the disease, a lot still remained a mystery. There is still no known cure.

This team of researchers evaluated the effects of commercially available online brain training programs. They looked at the effects it had on general cognitive function in the wider population. The study lasted for six weeks, training a few times a day on cognitive