Abstract
We saw that in a patient with Symptomatic Parkinsonism, standing-up of the patient was improved by inputting a sensor into the base of support (BOS). The purpose of our examination was to investigate the reason why the patient has improved the motion of standing up. The patient was not fully able to stand-up, because the forward flexion of the trunk from the sitting position decreased on standing-up. The physical therapy for the patient involved two kinds of exercise. First, the range of motion(ROM) of the hip joint was exercised, second, the perception and change of the pressure on the BOS accompanying forward flexion of the trunk was input. We compared the pressure on the posterior femur in the two kinds of exercises, involving forward flexion of trunk from the sitting position. There was no change in performance after exercising the ROM of the hip joint, and there was no change in the pressure on the posterior femur also. Standing up has improved after inputting the perception and changing the pressure on the BOS accompanying forward flexion of the trunk, and the pressure on the posterior femur was increased. In order to change the BOS continuously, it is important to perceive the change in pressure accompanying body movement. Through this case, we found that it was important to make a patient perceive the pressure accompanying motion.
