A 4 weeks home training program using a biofeedback serious game and sensors for Parkinson's disease: A pilot study on a new and completely autonomous solution

摘要

7 patients (5 women, 2 men, mean age = 66 years, number of years of illness = 11 years) were included without any change of medicines during study. There were no adverse effect of self rehabilitation by BYM system. Mean compliance was 93% (an average of 21 days on 23 days of protocol). For each subject, performance on the different walking tests was improved: + 7.7% on the 6-minute test (pre = 356m, post = 384m), + 2.7% on the TimeUp & Go (pre = 7.5%), + 7.6% on the comfortable 10 meters (pre = 9.8s, post = 7.5s) and + 12.6% on the fast 10 meters (pre = 6.6s, post = 6.1s).