Home-based prescribed exercise improves balance-related activities and gait speed in people with Parkinson 's disease , and these improvements are similar to improvements with equivalent centre-based exercise .
QUESTIONS In people with Parkinson 's disease , does home-based prescribed exercise improve balance-related activities and quality of life compared with no intervention ?
Are the effects of home-based exercise similar to those of equivalent centre-based exercise ?
Exercise and Motor Training in People with Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review of Participant Characteristics, Intervention Delivery, Retention Rates, Adherence, and Adverse Events in Clinical Trials
There is research evidence that exercise and motor training are beneficial for people with Parkinson 's disease ( PD ) , and clinicians seek to implement optimal programs . This paper summarizes important factors about the nature and reporting of r and omized controlled trials of exercise and /or motor training for people with PD which are likely to influence the translation of research into clinical practice . Search es identified 53 relevant trials with 90 interventions conducted for an average duration of 8.3 ( SD 4.2 ) weeks . Most interventions were fully supervised ( 74 % ) and conducted at a facility ( 79 % ) . Retention rates were high with 69 % of interventions retaining ≥85 % of their participants ; however adherence was infrequently reported , and 72 % of trials did not report adverse events . Overall , the labor-intensive nature of most interventions tested in these trials and the sparse reporting of adherence and adverse events are likely to pose difficulties for therapists attempting to balance benefits and costs when selecting protocol s that translate to sustainable clinical practice for people with PD
Home-based prescribed exercise improves balance-related activities and gait speed in people with Parkinson 's disease , and these improvements are similar to improvements with equivalent centre-based exercise .
QUESTIONS In people with Parkinson 's disease , does home-based prescribed exercise improve balance-related activities and quality of life compared with no intervention ?
Are the effects of home-based exercise similar to those of equivalent centre-based exercise ?