Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands, launched a platform for people with Parkinson’s Disease. It contains 7 gait strategies that can help Parkinson’s patients with walking. The website has been developed for patients, their loved ones, and Parkinson’s healthcare providers. It is dedicated to the creative ways to improve gait.
The platform offers a video overview of the known gait strategies, including background information. In addition, individuals have the opportunity to contribute to this overview by sending in videos of their own successful strategies. In this way, this website forms an interactive platform where people with Parkinson’s disease and healthcare professionals can learn from each other.
Among the strategies discussed on the website are: Changing the Balance Requirements, Adopting a New Gait, Internal Cues, and External Cues. Also available is a downloadable poster with illustrations of 55 different strategies used by people with Parkinson’s to improve their walking.
To access the website, visit www.radboudumc.nl/en/patientenzorg/aandoeningen/ziekte-van-parkinson/walking-with-parkinson.
