Randomized, Controlled Trial of Exercise on Objective and Subjective Sleep in Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep dysfunction is common and disabling in persons with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Exercise improves motor symptoms and subjective sleep quality in PD, but there are no published studies evaluating the impact of exercise on objective sleep outcomes. The goal of this study was to to determine if high-intensity exercise rehabilitation combining resistance training and body-weight interval training, compared with a sleep hygiene control improved objective sleep outcomes in PD.

Methods

Persons with PD (Hoehn & Yahr stages 2-3; aged ≥45 years, not in a regular exercise program) were randomized to exercise (supervised 3 times a week for 16 weeks; n = 27) or a sleep hygiene, no-exercise control (in-person discussion and monthly phone calls; n = 28). Participants underwe

SUBMITTER: Amara AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826749 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature