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 ?
An exercise intervention to prevent falls in people with Parkinson's disease: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
Objectives To compare the effectiveness of an exercise programme with usual care in people with Parkinson 's disease ( PD ) who have a history of falls . Design Pragmatic r and omised controlled trial . Setting Recruitment was from three primary and four secondary care organisations , and PD support groups in South West Engl and . The intervention was delivered in community setting s. Participants People with PD , with a history of two or more falls in the previous year , who were able to mobilise independently . Intervention 10 week , physiotherapy led , group delivered strength and balance training programme with supplementary home exercises ( intervention ) or usual care ( control ) . Main outcome measure Number of falls during the ( a ) 10 week intervention period and ( b ) the 10 week follow-up period . Results 130 people were recruited and r and omised ( 64 to the intervention ; 66 to usual care ) . Seven participants ( 5.4 % ) did not complete the study . The incidence rate ratio for falls was 0.68 ( 95 % CI 0.43 to 1.07 , p=0.10 ) during the intervention period and 0.74 ( 95 % CI 0.41 to 1.33 , p=0.31 ) during the follow-up period . Statistically significant between group differences were observed in Berg balance , Falls Efficacy Scale-International scores and recreational physical activity levels . Conclusions The study did not demonstrate a statistically significant between group difference in falls although the difference could be considered clinical ly significant . However , a type 2 error can not be ruled out . The findings from this trial add to the evidence base for physiotherapy and exercise in the management of people with PD . Trial registration IS RCT N50793425
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 ?