Exploring Responsiveness to Highly Challenging Balance and Gait Training in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise potentially improves gait, balance, and habitual physical activity in Parkinson's disease (PD). However, given the heterogeneous nature of the disease, it is likely that people respond differently to exercise interventions. Factors determining responsiveness to exercise interventions remain unclear.

Objectives

To address this uncertainty, we explored the responsiveness to our highly challenging balance and gait intervention (HiBalance) in people with PD.

Methods

Thirty-nine participants with mild-moderate PD who underwent the HiBalance intervention from our randomized controlled trial were included. We defined response in three domains: (1) balance based on Mini-BESTest, (2) gait based on gait velocity, and (3) physical activity based on accelerome

SUBMITTER: Albrecht F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542401 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature