Resistance training and gait function in Patients with Parkinson's disease

To determine whether patients with Parkinson's disease who are enrolled in a resistance training program can gain strength similar to that of normal control subjects and whether these gains in strength would improve their gait function. Subjects included 14 patients with mild-to-moderate Parkin...

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Published in:	American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation Vol. 80; no. 1; pp. 38 - 43
Main Authors:	SCANDALIS, Thomas A, BOSAK, Andrew, BERLINER, Jeffery C, HELMAN, Laura L, WELLS, Michael R
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, MD Lippincott 2001
Subjects:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Biomechanics Diseases Diseases of the nervous system Exercise Therapy - methods Female Functional assessment Gait Health care Humans Joints (anatomy) Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology Parkinson Disease - physiopathology Parkinson Disease - rehabilitation Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects) Physical exercise Human Nervous system diseases Treatment efficiency Parkinson disease Cerebral disorder Walking Reeducation Treatment Central nervous system disease Musculature Degenerative disease Technique Strength Extrapyramidal syndrome
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Summary:	To determine whether patients with Parkinson's disease who are enrolled in a resistance training program can gain strength similar to that of normal control subjects and whether these gains in strength would improve their gait function. Subjects included 14 patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease of either gender and six normal control subjects of similar age. The training consisted of an 8-wk course of resistance training twice per week, focused primarily on the lower limbs. The primary outcome measures consisted of exercise performance monitoring and quantitative gait analysis before and after the training course. Both the patients with Parkinson's disease and normal control subjects significantly increased their performance with resistance training. Subjects with Parkinson's disease had gains in strength similar to those of normal elderly adults. Patients with Parkinson's disease also had significant gains in stride length, walking velocity, and postural angles compared with pretreatment values. Patients with mild-to-moderate Parkinson's disease can obtain increases in performance or strength similar to that of normal adults of the same age in a resistance training program. Resistance training can produce functional improvements in gait and may, therefore, be useful as part of a physical rehabilitation and/or health maintenance program for patients with Parkinson's disease.
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ISSN:	0894-9115 1537-7385
DOI:	10.1097/00002060-200101000-00011