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🇸🇬 Patient story · from Singapore

68-year-old retired executive: Parkinson's disease — early to mid-stage (Hoehn & Yahr 2.5)

Travelled from Singapore — 4.5 h direct to Chennai (MAA) for a 4-week neuro-rehab focused block. Reduced falls frequency, improved gait cadence and turning strategy.

At a glance

Patient
68-year-old retired executive
Condition
Parkinson's disease — early to mid-stage (Hoehn & Yahr 2.5)
Programme
4-week neuro-rehab focused block
Outcome
Reduced falls frequency, improved gait cadence and turning strategy
Week by week

How the programme progressed

Rehab week-by-week — Singaporean patient story

  1. 1

    Week 1

    Baseline UPDRS-motor 32/108, TUG 14 s. LSVT-BIG protocol introduction, dual-task training.

  2. 2

    Week 2–3

    Amplitude-based movement drills, freezing-of-gait cueing strategies, boxing-based coordination work.

  3. 3

    Week 4

    Community-ambulation practice, home-programme handover, letter to Singapore neurologist.

Clinical highlights

Outcome measures and milestones

Outcome

UPDRS-motor: 32 → 24

Outcome

Timed Up-and-Go: 14 s → 9 s

Outcome

Falls in prior month: 3 → 0

Composite patient profile assembled from typical caseloads for Singaporean patients. Individual outcomes vary — this story is illustrative, not a guarantee.

In their words

What the patient said

"The intensity of LSVT-BIG protocol was hard to source in Singapore at this cost. Four weeks changed my confidence completely."
Composite profile — Singapore retiree, Parkinson's
After discharge

Follow-up and continuity of care

Quarterly online reviews for 12 months; annual visit recommended.

  • Home-exercise video
  • Weekly progress report to home doctor
  • WhatsApp follow-ups: 2 wk / 6 wk / 3 mo
  • Online video review sessions
  • Discharge report with ICD-10 codes
FAQ · Vellore

Questions Singaporean patients ask about a story like this

How composite stories are built, whether outcomes are guaranteed, and how to plan a similar programme.

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