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ArticleClinical parkinsonism & related disorders2021

Table tennis for patients with Parkinson's disease: A single-center, prospective pilot study.

Kenichi Inoue, Shinsuke Fujioka, Koichi Nagaki, Midori Suenaga, Kazuki Kimura, Yukiko Yonekura, Yoshiki Yamaguchi, Kosuke Kitano, Ritsuko Imamura, Yoshinari Uehara and 3 more

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Article in Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06444685 (Motor and Cognitive Effects of Table Tennis on Parkinson's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.

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NCT06444685 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Motor and Cognitive Effects of Table Tennis on Parkinson's Disease: Pilot Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversitat de LleidaRan2023 to 2026Enrolled20ConditionsParkinson DiseaseArmsExercise and cognitive training interventino
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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Physical Activity and Exercise for People with Parkinson's Disease: The Past, Present, and Future.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2026
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  5. Neuropsychiatric disorders in Parkinson's disease.Therapeutic advances in neurological disorders · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kenichi InoueDepartment of Neurology, Murakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Shinsuke FujiokaDepartment of Neurology, Murakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Koichi NagakiDepartment of Neurology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Midori SuenagaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Science, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan.
Kazuki KimuraMurakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yukiko YonekuraMurakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshiki YamaguchiMurakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Kosuke KitanoMurakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Ritsuko ImamuraFaculty of Sports and Health Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshinari UeharaFaculty of Sports and Health Science, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hitoshi KikuchiDepartment of Neurology, Murakami Karindoh Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoichi MatsunagaDepartment of Neurology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshio TsuboiDepartment of Neurology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTable tennis is a popular sport worldwide. However, no study has examined whether it is an effective exercise for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). The efficacy and safety of table tennis exercise for PD patients was examined.

methodsThis 6-month prospective study investigated if our table tennis exercise program could improve parkinsonian motor symptoms, cognition and psychiatric symptoms. Twelve PD patients with Hoehn & Yahr stage ≤4 were recruited. Patients participated in a 6-hour exercise session once weekly. All patients were assessed with the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) parts I-IV, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS), and Starkstein Apathy Scale (SAS) at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.

resultsNine of 12 PD patients were analyzed, except for three patients for which data was missing. MDS-UPDRS parts II and III were improved at 3 months (median -4.0, p = 0.012 and median -10.0, p = 0.012) and 6 months (median -7.0, p = 0.015 and median -12.0, p = 0.008), whereas MDS-UPDRS total parts I scores and total IV scores, MoCA, FAB, SDS, and SAS were unchanged. Adverse events included fall and backache in one patient each.

conclusionA table tennis exercise program is relatively safe and may improve activities of daily living and motor symptoms in patients with PD.

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Activities of daily livingExerciseMotor symptomsNon-motor symptomsParkinson’s diseasesafetyTable tennis

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PMCPMC8299968

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