Unveiling the Impact of Outpatient Physiotherapy on Specific Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Understanding how outpatient physiotherapy impacts on specific motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) is important for multidisciplinary care, but these points have not been clarified. We investigated the impact of outpatient physiotherapy on individual motor symptoms in PD patients. Fifty-five PD patients participated in the prospective cohort study, which examined the changes in motor symptoms after 90 min of outpatient physiotherapy program (1×/week for 10 weeks) and at 3 months follow-up. Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) motor score and tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and axial scores were assessed and compared pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at follow-up. Significant level was set at 0.05. Their MDS-UPDRS motor score and axial

SUBMITTER: Terasawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10689867 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature