Okuma Yasuyuki
Department of Neurology, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Izunokuni, Japan.
Case Rep Neurol. 2014 Nov 7;6(3):256-8. doi: 10.1159/000369059. eCollection 2014 Sep-Dec.
Freezing of gait (FOG) is a disabling gait disorder in parkinsonian patients characterized by the inability to initiate or continue locomotion. I herein present a 65-year-old man with Parkinson's disease who invented a unique method (foot loop band) to alleviate FOG, which has not been previously described in the literature. The mechanisms to alleviate FOG include not only facilitating mechanical weight shift, but also restoring internal cueing and driving motor commands for gait initiation. This patient-invented maneuver may be recommended for patients having intractable FOG, because it is portable, cheap and safe.
冻结步态（FOG）是帕金森病患者中一种导致残疾的步态障碍，其特征为无法启动或持续行走。在此，我介绍一位65岁的帕金森病男性患者，他发明了一种独特的方法（脚环带）来缓解冻结步态，这在以前的文献中尚未有描述。缓解冻结步态的机制不仅包括促进机械性体重转移，还包括恢复内部提示以及驱动启动步态的运动指令。这种患者自创的手法可推荐给患有顽固性冻结步态的患者，因为它便携、便宜且安全。
