ArticleJMIR mHealth and uHealth2020
A Mobile App Specifically Designed to Facilitate Exercise in Parkinson Disease: Single-Cohort Pilot Study on Feasibility, Safety, and Signal of Efficacy.
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The Purpose of This Study is to Determine if the 9zest App for Parkinson's Disease (PD) is Feasible, Safe, and Efficacious When Used Independently by Individuals With Parkinson's Disease
A Multimodal Exercise Program With Gamification (MEP+G) in Individuals With Parkinson Disease: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Unsupervised Functional Capacity Testing at Home: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Mobile App Interventions for Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Stroke: A Systematic Literature Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Factors Influencing Adherence to mHealth Apps for Prevention or Management of Noncommunicable Diseases: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- Use of Mobile Apps for Self-care in People With Parkinson Disease: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2022Pooled it
- Feasibility, safety, and adherence of a remote physical and cognitive exercise protocol for older women.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2024Trial
- Automatically tailored exercise app training is feasible, usable, and safe for people with paraplegia: a parallel mixed methods pilot study.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- National implementation of a digital Parkinson's disease screening programme in Thailand: reach, adoption, and real-world performance of the CheckPD app.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Effects of tele-rehabilitation after deep brain stimulation on cardiopulmonary fitness and gait in patients with Parkinson's disease.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Article
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- Effect of Home-based Telerehabilitation on Balance, Functional Mobility, and Quality of Life in Persons with Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of telerehabilitation · 2025Article
- Exercise Habits in People with Parkinson's: A Multinational Survey.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- "Exercise… to Me, It's Freedom": Motivation, Support, and Self-Management to Keep Physically Active with Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A systematic review of Behaviour Change Interventions to improve exercise self-efficacy and adherence in people with Parkinson's disease using the Theoretical Domains Framework.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2024Review
- Can mobile health apps with smartphones and tablets be the new frontier of cognitive rehabilitation in older individuals? A narrative review of a growing field.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024Review
- Quality of life in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy: a review of literature and implications for practice.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Self-Management Systems for Patients and Clinicians in Parkinson's Disease Care: A Scoping Review.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Article
- MoveONParkinson: developing a personalized motivational solution for Parkinson's disease management.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The effects of an individualized smartphone-based exercise program on self-defined motor tasks in Parkinson's disease: a long-term feasibility study.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Article
- Gait Device Treatment Using Telehealth for Individuals With Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Nonrandomized Pilot Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- PDQ-8: A Simplified and Effective Tool Measuring Life Quality in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMany people with Parkinson disease do not have access to exercise programs that are specifically tailored to their needs and capabilities. This mobile app allows people with Parkinson disease to access Parkinson disease-specific exercises that are individually tailored using in-app demographic questions and performance tests which are fed into an algorithm which in turn produces a video-guided exercise program.
objectiveTo test the feasibility, safety, and signal of efficacy of a mobile app that facilitates exercise for people with Parkinson disease.
methodsA prospective, single-cohort design of people with Parkinson disease who had downloaded the 9zest app for exercise was used for this 12-week pilot study. Participants, who were recruited online, were encouraged to exercise with the full automated app for ≥150 minutes each week. The primary endpoints were feasibility (app usage and usability questions) and safety (adverse events and falls). The primary endpoints for signal of efficacy were a comparison of the in-app baseline and 8-week outcomes on the 30-second Sit-To-Stand (STS) test, Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 8 (PDQ8).
resultsFor feasibility, of the 28 participants that completed the study, 12 participants averaged >150 minutes of app usage per week (3 averaged 120-150, 4 averaged 90-120, and 9 averaged less than 90 minutes). A majority of participants (>74%) felt the exercise was of value (16/19; 9 nonrespondents), provided adequate instruction (14/19; 9 nonrespondents), and was appropriate for level of function (16/19; 9 nonrespondents). For safety, there were no serious adverse events that occurred during the app-guided exercise. There were 4 reports of strain/sprain injuries while using the app among 3 participants, none of which necessitated medical attention. For signal of efficacy, there was improvement for each of the primary endpoints: STS (P=.01), TUG (P<.001), and PDQ8 (P=.01).
conclusionsIndependent, video-guided exercise using a mobile app designed for exercise in Parkinson disease was safe and feasible though there was variability in app usage. Despite this, the results provide evidence for a signal of efficacy as there were improvements in 3 of the 3 outcomes.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03459586; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03459586.
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