Exercise for people in early- or mid-stage Parkinson disease: a 16-month randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise confers short-term benefits for individuals with Parkinson disease (PD).

Objective

The purpose of the study was to compare short- and long-term responses among 2 supervised exercise programs and a home-based control exercise program.

Design

The 16-month randomized controlled exercise intervention investigated 3 exercise approaches: flexibility/balance/function exercise (FBF), supervised aerobic exercise (AE), and home-based exercise (control).

Setting

This study was conducted in outpatient clinics.

Patients

The participants were 121 individuals with PD (Hoehn & Yahr stages 1-3).

Interventions

The FBF program (individualized spinal and extremity flexibility exercises followed by group balance/functional training) was supervised

SUBMITTER: Schenkman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3488266 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature