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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Surg.
Sec. Orthopedic Surgery
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1413806
This article is part of the Research Topic Novel Treatments and Techniques in Patients with Early Onset Scoliosis View all articles

Parkinson's disease and Posture: evaluation with Biometrical Holistic of Human Body (BHOHB) device: a pilot study

Provisionally accepted
Gianpaolo Ronconi Gianpaolo Ronconi 1Sefora Codazza Sefora Codazza 1Dario Mattia Gatto Dario Mattia Gatto 1Fabiana La Cagnina Fabiana La Cagnina 2Daniele Coraci Daniele Coraci 3Maurizio Panunzio Maurizio Panunzio 4Giorgio Ferriero Giorgio Ferriero 5Mariantonietta Ariani Mariantonietta Ariani 1*Paola. Emilia Ferrara Paola. Emilia Ferrara 1
  • 1 Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, Sicily, Italy
  • 2 Department of Systems Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 3 University of Padua, Padua, Veneto, Italy
  • 4 Responsible Research Hospital, Campobasso, Italy
  • 5 Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Lombardia, Italy

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    Background: Patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) commonly develop severe spinal deformity. The etiology of Parkinson’s spinal deformity is not completely understood and in most cases is likely due to multiple factors. These include dystonia and focal myopathy. Clinical, neurophysiological, and radiological data must be considered to monitor the pathology and the effects of rehabilitation. The aim of this pilot study is to evaluate spine alignment with a surface topography analysis of Parkinson’s patients with Biometrical Holistic of Human Body (BHOHB®) and to compare results with their X rays spine standard as already done for adolescent scoliosis. Methods: 32 adult patients affected by Parkinson disease, have been evaluated with BHOHB ®. The correspondence of the Cobb angles were evaluated using the BHOHB device and with standard spinal X rays. Results: A total of 32 patients were enrolled. The mean age was 67.45 years. In this pilot study the measurement of the correlations between the radiological and BHOHB® Cobb angles of the patients were excellent Conclusion: This preliminary result supports the use of BHOHB® as a device useful to monitor and measure posture in Parkinson’s. This needs to be evaluated on a larger sample and over time. Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, scoliosis, postural imbalance, neurophysiology.

    Keywords: Daniele Coraci: Supervision, Writing -original draft, Writing -review & editing. Dario Mattia Gatto: Writing -original draft, Writing -review & editing. Fabiana La Cagnina: Data curation, visualization, Writing -review & editing. Gianpaolo Ronconi: Supervision, Writing -review & editing. Giorgio Ferriero: Supervision, Writingoriginal draft

    Received: 07 Apr 2024; Accepted: 25 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ronconi, Codazza, Gatto, La Cagnina, Coraci, Panunzio, Ferriero, Ariani and Ferrara. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Mariantonietta Ariani, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Rome, 00168, Sicily, Italy

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