Volgograd Journal of Medical Research
Quarterly Journal of Science and Practice

UDK: 616.858-008.6

Parkinson's disease: non-pharmacological methods of treatment (literature review)

A. E. Barulin, O. V. Kurushina, E. P. Chernovolenko

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра неврологии, нейрохирургии с курсом медицинской генетики, с курсом неврологии, мануальной терапии, рефлексотерапии ФУВ

Abstract

High prevalence of Parkinson's disease, primarily, pharmacological treatment of motor and non-motor disorders and inevitable development of complications of its medical therapy proves the significance of the need for a wider application of nonpharmacological methods of correcting this disease. A number of current methods of non-pharmacological treatment of motor and non-motor disorders in Parkinson's disease were described.

Keywords

Parkinson's disease, kinesiotherapy, biofeedback, physical therapy, psychotherapy, physiology of movements

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