The LSU Peripheral Neuropathy Studies

Physical Activity for Health and Wellness for

People with Peripheral Neuropathy

Research Results

Control Characteristics of People with Peripheral Neuropathy (PN) (click on the relevant text for more details)

• Peripheral Neuropathy Impairs Local Instability when Walking at Fast Treadmill Speeds (Presented during 2008 ACSM)

• With visual feed back, people with PN could control their center of pressure as well as their age-matched healthy counterparts (Presented during 2008 ACSM)

• Plantar desensitization only affected the magnitude of Postural sway variability but did not alter its time-dependent structure (Hong et al., 2007)

• Plantar desensitization does not affect the magnitude of gait variability but alter its time-dependent structure (Presented during 2007 ISB)

• Plantar sensation increase postural but not gait variability (presented during 2007 ACSM)

• The relationship between locomotion variability and physical performance brook down among people with PN
• Physical activity patterns were different among people with PN in whole body movements
• PN affects physical performance (Presented during 2007 ISB)
• PN affects physical performance more than aging (Presented during 2008 ACSM)

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• Tai Chi Improves Foot Sole Sensation, Balance and Functional Mobility for People with Peripheral Neuropathy (Presented during 2008 ACSM)
• For people with peripheral neuropathy, six week modified Tai Chi exercise improved their strength, postural balance, and mobility
• Tai Chi was more effective than light therapy to improve PN related balance and gait impairment (Presented during 2007 ACSM)
• Tai Chi was more effective than strength training to improve PN related balance and gait impairment (Presented during 2006 NASPSPA)

Results of the affects of neuropathic pain (click on the relevant text for more details)

• Moderate foot sole pain affects mobility where lost of foot sole sensation affects postural balance
• Reduction of of neuropathic pain improves balance confidence in people with Peripheral Neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy (PN) related methodological studies (click on the relevant text for more details)

• Selected physical functions can be measured reliably in peripheral neuropathy (Manor et al., 2008)
• Activity Energy Expenditure Predictions Underestimate Walking in Adults With Peripheral Neuropathy (Presented during 2008 ACSM)
• Physical Activity Monitor Recordings are Task and Population Dependent (Presented during 2008 ACSM)
• Energy expenditure predicted with accelerometer among people with PN (Presented during 2008 ACSM)

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