Volume 26, Issue 129, November 2022

Physiotherapeutic management of 72 year male patient with Parkinsonism: A case study

Shrutika Harivijay Wankhade¹, Ragini Dadgal^2♦, Vikrant Salphale³, Rakesh Krishna Kovela⁴

¹Student, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Resident, Department of Neuro-physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Head of the Neuro-physiotherapy Department, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuro-physiotherapy, Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Sawangi Meghe, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological condition which consists of motor and non motor symptoms. In this case, we present the case of 72-year male having complaints of slowness of movement, heaviness while performing movements in limbs. With this complaints patient visited nearby hospital at avbrh and has undergone investigations and was diagnosed with hyponatremia. On physical examination patient has slowness of movement, difficulty in walking and tremors and was further diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. After that physiotherapy treatment was given to the patient for 6 weeks. Physiotherapy interventions show significant improvement in patients’ functional activities.

Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, physiotherapy, tremors, bradykinesia, case study

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms451e2209

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i129/ms451e2209

Published: 05 November 2022