Efficacy of Balance Training in Falling and the Improvement of Postural Control in Parkinson Disease: a Review of Literature

Parkinson disease(PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder which manifests through symptoms including bradykinesia, gait difficulties, and rigidity. Postural instability which is the main reason for falling is also common in PD. The balance training program is undertaken as a plan of treatment to reduce these deliberating symptoms, so the porpuse of this study is accumulating the evidence on the role of balancetraining in falling and amelioration of postural control in patients with PD. We extracted the articles from PubMed and Scopus by use of standard search MESH terms including Parkinson disease, balance training, falling and postural control. Not only the postural response hasbeen improved, but treatments focused on balance also attenuated the rate of falling in patients with PD. The application of challenging balance training exercises exerted a reduction in fear of falling during daily living activities. Conclusion: Furthermore,two of the articles assessed home-based balance training claimed to improve the postural control via increasing the time of single leg stance and stride velocity of gait. Overall different types of balance training with or without other treatments, are beneficial approaches to decline the manifestation of PD. Considering all aspects of different balance training in patients with cognitive problems and severe grades of PD would be the purpose of future studies as it has not been investigated seriously.