kinesiotherapy associated with electrical stimulation in patients with Parkinson's

Electrial stimulation: The device has two channels, with each channel has two electrodes, resulting in four electrodes. a channel with two parallel electrodes were placed in the thoracic spine and another channel with two parallel electrodes were placed in the lumbar spine. Electrial stimulation was applied to the motor point of the paravertebral muscles. The parameters used 220 ms for duration, frequency of 40 Hz, cycle on (connected) 06 seconds and cycle off (off) 12 seconds; rise and fall 05 05 Kinesiotherapy: 1 - The patient standing on the ball with both feet on the ground. The hips, knees and feet are flexed at 90 degrees. Knees and feet are hip-width apart, and the patient was instructed to get up and sit on the ball with the contraction produced by FES 2 sets of 10 times with 2 minutes rest between exercise and other 2 - The patient standing on the ball with both feet on the ground. The hips, knees and feet are flexed at 90 degrees. Knees and feet are hip-width apart, and the patient was bending over the shoulder trunk extension along with the contraction produced by FES in two sets of 10 times. 3 - Exercise for spinal extension against gravity with forward flexion of the arms, to stand facing the wall holding a Swiss ball, the length of the column is practiced against gravity for 2 sets of 10 times. 4 - Exercise for the mobility of hip flexion and shoulder flexion involving the stretching of paraspinal: without assistance from the FES, sitting on a chair, pushes the ball forward and backward in a series of 10 times, with 30 seconds. Cooling exercise: patient sitting on the ball, doing breathing pattern quiet for 2 minutes. The subject performed 2 consecutive weeks of treatment (excluding weekends) Totaling 10 sessions of 50 minutes each. The sessions were conducted individually by trained physical therapist