Trial reportJournal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT2015
Exercise and medication effects on persons with Parkinson disease across the domains of disability: a randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Effects of different exercises on motor and non-motor abilities in patients with Parkinson disease-a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Is physical therapy recommended for people with parkinson's disease treated with subthalamic deep brain stimulation? a delphi consensus study.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of boxing exercise in people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Does Exercise Attenuate Disease Progression in People With Parkinson's Disease? A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2023Pooled it
- Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American Physical Therapy Association.Physical therapy · 2022Guideline
- Effectiveness of aerobic and resistance training on the motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease: Systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Guidelines on exercise testing and prescription for patients at different stages of Parkinson's disease.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Pooled it
- Lower Limb Resistance Training in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review on strength training in Parkinson's disease: an unsolved question.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Pooled it
- Stochastic resonance stimulation effect on stability during walking in people with Parkinson disease.International biomechanics · 2025Trial
- Eccentric versus traditional resistance exercise for older adult fallers in the community: a randomized trial within a multi-component fall reduction program.BMC geriatrics · 2017Trial
- Progressive Resistance Training in Parkinson's Disease: An Umbrella Review Examining the Role of Methodological Adherence and Training Progression Principles in Clinical Outcome.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
- Walking reduces the risk of dementia in patients with Parkinson's disease: a longitudinal follow-up study.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2025Article
- The Influence of Dopaminergic Medication on Regularity and Determinism of Gait and Balance in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Physical therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease treated with Deep Brain Stimulation: a Delphi panel study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Parkinson's Disease Related Depression and Anxiety: A 22-Year Bibliometric Analysis (2000-2022).Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Review
- Evidence for Early and Regular Physical Therapy and Exercise in Parkinson's Disease.Seminars in neurology · 2021Review
- The Mechanism of Physical Activity-induced Amelioration of Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.Aging and disease · 2021Review
- Exercise and Parkinson's Disease.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020Review
- Rationale and Design of the PAIRED Trial: Partnered Dance Aerobic Exercise as a Neuroprotective, Motor, and Cognitive Intervention in Parkinson's Disease.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
background and purposeHypokinesia and bradykinesia as movement deficits of Parkinson disease are thought to be mediated by both basal ganglia dysfunction and a loss of muscle mass and strength commensurate with aging and decreased levels of physical activity. For these reasons, we sought to utilize resistance training as a means to increase muscle force and minimize hypokinesia and bradykinesia in persons with Parkinson disease and examine the effects of exercise and medication on Body Structure and Function (muscle force production and muscle cross-sectional area), Activity (mobility), and Participation (Health Status) outcomes.
methodsForty-two participants were enrolled in a 12-week randomized clinical trial that compared 2 active exercise interventions: a standard care control group (Active Control) and an experimental group that underwent Resistance Exercise via Negative Eccentric Work (RENEW).
resultsParticipants in both groups improved in muscle force production and mobility as a result of exercise and medication (P < 0.02). There were no significant interaction or between-group differences and no significant changes in muscle cross-sectional area or health status were observed. Effect sizes for exercise and medication combined exceeded the effect sizes of either intervention in isolation. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsTaken together, these results point to the complementary effects of exercise and medication on the Body Structure and Function and Activity outcomes but little effect on Participation outcomes.Video Abstract available for more insights from the authors (see Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/JNPT/A92).
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