Nordic Walking in Parkinson Disease rehabilitation
Journal Title: Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis - Year 2014, Vol 68, Issue 5
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Parkinson's disease is neurodegenerative disease of the elderly, for which to this day an effective cure has not been found. Besides pharmacotherapy and Deep Brain Stimulation in PD, an increasingly supplementary treatment is exercise therapy like Nordic Walking (NW). MATERIAL AND METHODS 40 patients with PD taking part in the survey were divided into two equal groups in terms of gender and stage of the disease (II and III stage of the Hoehn and Yahr scale); the study group was subjected to 6 weeks of Nordic Walking training. The control group consists of persons without physical activity for 6 weeks. RESULTS In the NW group there was a statistically significant better improvement of the test parameters. CONCLUSIONS After the 6 week rehabilitation period, major improvement in terms of patient mobility functionality and gait parameters is visible.
Authors and Affiliations
Justyna Szefler-Derela, Krzysztof Suszyński, Iwona Doroniewicz, Anna Kowalczyk, Grzegorz Opala, Stanisław Kwiek
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