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Exercise therapy, quality of life, and activities of daily living in patients with Parkinson disease: a small scale quasi-randomised trial.

Bahram Yousefi, Vahid Tadibi, Ali Fathollahzadeh Khoei, Ali Montazeri

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Trial report in Trials, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 81 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Systematic review of the effectiveness of occupational therapy-related interventions for people with Parkinson's disease.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association
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  9. Inflammation-relevant microbiome signature of the stroke brain, gut, spleen, and thymus and the impact of exercise.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021
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  16. Validation and comparison of 15-D and EQ-5D-5L instruments in a Spanish Parkinson's disease population sample.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2014
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  17. Quality of life in Parkinson's disease.Journal of medicine and life · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bahram YousefiFaculty of Physical Education, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. byousefy@razi.ac.ir
Vahid Tadibi
Ali Fathollahzadeh Khoei
Ali Montazeri
Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research · IRRazi University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a 10-week exercise therapy regimen on activities of daily living (ADL) and perceived health status in patients with Parkinson disease.

methodsTwenty-four Parkinson's disease patients entered into the study. Participants were allocated into the experimental (n = 12) or control group (n = 12). ADL was assessed using the Short Parkinson Evaluation Scale/Scale for Outcomes in Parkinson Disease (SPES/SCOPA) and perceived health status was measured using the Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life (PDQL) questionnaire. Patients in the experimental group received pharmacological therapy plus a 1-hour exercise therapy session 4 times a week, while patients in the control group received pharmacological therapy only. The Mann-Whitney U test was used for comparison.

resultsThe mean age of participants was 59.8 (SD = 3.0) and 58.2 (SD = 3.4) years in the experimental and control groups, respectively. The median Hoehn and Yahr stage was 3.0 for both groups. There were no significant differences in all subscales and overall scores between two groups at baseline. However, after the intervention, except for the emotional functioning (P = 0.27), there were significant differences between the two groups for Parkinson symptoms, systemic symptoms, social functioning, and overall scores of the PDQL (all P values < 0.05), and the ADL (P = 0.01) indicating that quality of life was improved in the experimental group.

conclusionThe findings from this small scale quasi-randomised trial showed that exercise therapy was effective in improving activities of daily living and perceived health status in patients with Parkinson's disease. Indeed, exercise therapy could be offered to patients with Parkinson disease, considering that it is low in cost and usually has no negative side effects.

trial registrationCurrent Controlled Trials ISRCTN98825027.

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Activities of Daily LivingExercise TherapyQuality of LifeHumansMaleMiddle AgedParkinson Disease

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