ArticlePhysical therapy2013
Barriers to exercise in people with Parkinson disease.
Article in Physical therapy, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 152 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
152 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Physical Therapist Involved Physical Activity Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2026Pooled it
- Art-based interventions and non-motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Relationship Between Fear of Movement and Physical Activity in Patients With Cardiac, Rheumatologic, Neurologic, Pulmonary, or Pain Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Physical therapy · 2025Pooled it
- Relationships between physical activities performed under free-living conditions and non-motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- Dropout Rate of Participants in Randomized Clinical Trials That Use Virtual Reality to Train Balance and Gait in Parkinson's Disease. A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis and Meta-regression.Journal of medical systems · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of rebound exercises on balance and mobility of people with neurological disorders: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Current Perspectives on Aerobic Exercise in People with Parkinson's Disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2020Pooled it
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- Benefits of Pilates in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2019Pooled it
- The State of Behavior Change Techniques in Virtual Reality Rehabilitation of Neurologic Populations.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Virtual reality for rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Argentine tango in Parkinson disease--a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC neurology · 2015Pooled it
- Psychological Benefits of Nonpharmacological Methods Aimed for Improving Balance in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Behavioural neurology · 2015Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine qigong exercise on motor and non-motor outcomes in Parkinson's disease: a network meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Feasibility randomized controlled trial of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to reduce falls in Parkinson's disease.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- A treadmill training program in a gamified virtual reality environment combined with transcranial direct current stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Preliminary results of a mixed methods randomized controlled trial.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Trial
- Post-rehabilitation self-management support on physical activity and nutrition, including mHealth, improves physical capacity, physical activity, and health related quality of life in people with Parkinson's- results from a randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Trial
- Immersive virtual reality upper-limb exercises in people with Parkinson's disease: an observer-blinded randomised controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Exploring Responsiveness to Highly Challenging Balance and Gait Training in Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Trial
- Feasibility of a novel eHealth intervention for Parkinson's disease targeting motor-cognitive function in the home.BMC neurology · 2024Trial
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Abstract
backgroundExercise is known to reduce disability and improve quality of life in people with Parkinson disease (PD). Although barriers to exercise have been studied in older adults, barriers in people with chronic progressive neurological diseases, such as PD, are not well defined.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to identify perceived barriers to exercise in people with PD.
designThe study had a cross-sectional design.
methodsPeople who had PD, dwelled in the community, and were at stage 2.4 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale participated in this cross-sectional study (N=260; mean age=67.7 years). Participants were divided into an exercise group (n=164) and a nonexercise group (n=96). Participants self-administered the barriers subscale of the Physical Fitness and Exercise Activity Levels of Older Adults Scale, endorsing or denying specific barriers to exercise participation. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to examine the contribution of each barrier to exercise behavior, and odds ratios were reported.
resultsThree barriers were retained in the multivariate regression model. The nonexercise group had significantly greater odds of endorsing low outcome expectation (ie, the participants did not expect to derive benefit from exercise) (odds ratio [OR]=3.93, 95% confidence interval [CI]=2.08-7.42), lack of time (OR=3.36, 95% CI=1.55-7.29), and fear of falling (OR=2.35, 95% CI=1.17-4.71) than the exercise group. LIMITATIONS: The cross-sectional nature of this study limited the ability to make causal inferences.
conclusionsLow outcome expectation from exercise, lack of time to exercise, and fear of falling appear to be important perceived barriers to engaging in exercise in people who have PD, are ambulatory, and dwell in the community. These may be important issues for physical therapists to target in people who have PD and do not exercise regularly. The efficacy of intervention strategies to facilitate exercise adherence in people with PD requires further investigation.
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