Sensorimotor functioning changes in response to global exercise versus handwriting upper limb exercise training in Parkinson's disease, results from a phase II randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

People with Parkinson's disease (PwPD) present motor alterations which can impact daily life tasks that require speed and/or accuracy of movement.

Objective

A sub analysis of NCT01439022, aiming to estimate the extent to which two different exercise training protocols (global and handwriting upper limb exercise training) impact reaction time, travel speed, and accuracy in PwPD.

Methods

Seventy PwPD, right-side dominant were randomised 1:1 into two six-month training protocol groups; 35 PwPD performed global exercise training and 35 performed specific training (handwriting upper limb exercise movements). Assessments of speed-accuracy and trade-off were carried out at baseline, after 3 and 6 months of training, and at a 12-month follow-up. The current study

SUBMITTER: Moraes IAP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361610 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature