Physiological Reactions of Patients with Parkinsonism to Simulated Microgravity Using 'Dry' Immersion: A Pilot Study
| Autor: | A. Yu. Meigal, L. I. Gerasimova-Meigal, Irina Saenko |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Rehabilitation Physiology business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Parkinsonism 05 social sciences Hemodynamics Cognition medicine.disease 050105 experimental psychology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Muscle Rigidity Blood pressure Simulated microgravity Rating scale Physiology (medical) Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Human Physiology. 46:579-586 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3164 0362-1197 |
| DOI: | 10.1134/s0362119720050096 |
| Popis: | A research experiment on the use of the ground-based microgravity model using “dry” immersion (DI) procedures as a rehabilitation measure for reducing the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is presented in this review. It has been established that a single short-term DI procedure has a strong effect on the hemodynamics of a patient with PD, decreasing the diastolic blood pressure, improving the structure of the cardiac rhythm, and reducing the amplitude and recurrence of the summary electromyogram, as well as the degree of muscle rigidity. A treatment course consisting of seven separate DI procedures reduces muscle rigidity and the severity of motor symptoms diagnosed by the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale pt. III (UPDRS-III), the degree of depression determined by Hamilton’s Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), and the severity of autonomic symptoms estimated by Vein’s scale. As the reaction time tests have shown, the DI course has a higher positive effect on tests with a high cognitive load than on ordinary motor tests. The obtained clinical and instrumental physiological data confirm that DI favorably affects many autonomic, affective, and cognitive parameters, as well as muscle rigidity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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