PURPOSE

1. ASSESSMENT BEFORE THE TRAINING BBS, PST, UPDRS,PDQL GC N = 25 REASSESSMENT AFTER 10 SESSIONS INICIAL ASSESSMENT NO TRAINING ORIENTATIONS REASSESSMENT AFTER 30 WEEKS THE END OF TRAINING REASSESSMENT AFTER 4 WEEKS THE END OF TRAINING MOTOR TRAINING 10 SESSIONS/2 PER WEEK 45 mim RHYTHMIC CUES 10 SESSIONS/2 PER WEEK 45 mim Capato, T.; Souto P.; Zan T., Barbosa, E.R., Piemonte , M.E. Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical Science - University of Sao Paulo BRT N = 55 MT N = 32 PURPOSE TO VERIFY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A NEW APPROACH TO IMPROVE BALANCE OF PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE (PD) BASED ON MOTOR TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH RHYTHMICAL AUDITORY CUES: BALANCE RHYTHMICAL TRAINING (BRT). DIRECTIONS OF THE TRAINING THE TRAINING PROGRAM BALANCE RHYTHMICAL TRAINING: A NEW APPROACH TO IMPROVE BALANCE IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE. DATA ANALYSIS THE DATA OBTAINED WAS COMPARED EMPLOYING THE ANOVA VARIANCE ANALYSIS MODEL FOR REPEATED MEASUREMENTS. THOSE FACTORS YIELDING CATEGORY DIFFERENCES ON MEAN COMPARISON THEN UNDERWENT THE SCHEFFÉ POST-HOC TEST TO VERIFY LEVEL OF SIGNIFICANCE, TWO-BY-TWO. RESULTS DESIGN DOUBLE-BLINDED, RANDOMIZED, CONTROLLED, LONGITUDINAL CLINICAL TRIAL. PARTICIPANTS 112 PD PATIENTS (66.85 YEARS), 2 TO 3 H&Y, ASYMPTOMATIC FOR DEPRESSION AND DEMENTIA, TOOK PART IN THE STUDY. PATIENTS' PREVIOUS MEDICAL REGIMENS WERE UNCHANGED DURING THE STUDY. ALL PARTICIPANTS SIGNED THE HCFMUSP INFORMED CONSENT TERM. METHODS CONCLUSION BRT IMPROVED BALANCE PERFORMANCE IN PD PATIENTS COMPARED TO MOTOR TRAINING ONLY. THE EXIGENCY FROM THE TRAINING WAS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTAINS BALANCE RESPONSES. IMPLICATIONS BRT CAN ENHANCE THE RESULTS OF PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT OF BALANCE DYSFUNCTIONS IN PD PATIENTS AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A NEW RESOURCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE FOR PD.taminec@yahoo.com.br