ReviewJournal of Parkinson's disease2015
The Rationale for Exercise in the Management of Pain in Parkinson's Disease.
Review in Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise and Pain in Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Research trends and hotspots of neuropathic pain in neurodegenerative diseases: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Sensorimotor Integration and Pain Perception: Mechanisms Integrating Nociceptive Processing. A Systematic Review and ALE-Meta Analysis.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Pain in Parkinson's disease: bridging pathophysiology, clinical features, and personalized management.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Review
- A Holistic Wellness Prescription for Parkinson's Disease: Evidence-Based Perspectives and Unmet Needs.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Review
- Differential Effects of Cycling Exercise on Pain Types in Patients with Early Parkinson's Disease: A Subgroup Analysis of a Randomized Pilot Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing Pain Management Practices in People With Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Walking reduces the risk of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease: a longitudinal follow-up study.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2025Article
- A Mixed Methods Approach to Explore the Experience of Pain and Its Management in People with Parkinson's Disease.Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- Pain and the Non-Pharmacological Management of Pain in People with Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Exercise Training for Chronic Pain: Available Evidence, Current Recommendations, and Potential Mechanisms.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2024Review
- What is available to support pain management in Parkinson's: a scoping review protocol.International journal for equity in health · 2023Article
- A Survey of People With Parkinson's and Their Carers: The Management of Pain in Parkinson's.Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology · 2022Article
- Physical Activity and Its Diurnal Fluctuations Vary by Non-Motor Symptoms in Patients with Parkinson's Disease: An Exploratory Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The mechanism of exercise for pain management in Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Perceived walking difficulties in Parkinson's disease - predictors and changes over time.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- Evidence for Early and Regular Physical Therapy and Exercise in Parkinson's Disease.Seminars in neurology · 2021Review
- Effect of treadmill exercise on catalepsy and the expression of the BDNF gene in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine -induced Parkinson in maleIranian journal of basic medical sciences · 2020Article
- Chasing Protection in Parkinson's Disease: Does Exercise Reduce Risk and Progression?Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2020Review
- Nonpharmacological Modulation of Chronic Inflammation in Parkinson's Disease: Role of Diet Interventions.Parkinson's disease · 2019Review
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Abstract
Pain is a distressing non-motor symptom experienced by up to 85% of people with Parkinson's disease (PD), yet it is often untreated. This pain is likely to be influenced by many factors, including the disease process, PD impairments as well as co-existing musculoskeletal and/or neuropathic pain conditions. Expert opinion recommends that exercise is included as one component of pain management programs; however, the effect of exercise on pain in this population is unclear. This review presents evidence describing the potential influence of exercise on the pain-related pathophysiological processes present in PD. Emerging evidence from both animal and human studies suggests that exercise might contribute to neuroplasticity and neuro-restoration by increasing brain neurotrophic factors, synaptic strength and angiogenesis, as well as stimulating neurogenesis and improving metabolism and the immune response. These changes may be beneficial in improving the central processing of pain. There is also evidence that exercise can activate both the dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic pain inhibitory pathways, suggesting that exercise may help to modulate the experience of pain in PD. Whilst clinical data on the effects of exercise for pain relief in people with PD are scarce, and are urgently needed, preliminary guidelines are presented for exercise prescription for the management of central neuropathic, peripheral neuropathic and musculoskeletal pain in PD.
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