Does aerobic exercise lead to any change in ability to perform ADLs in patients with Parkinson's disease?
How would you educate Parkinson's patients about the benefits of exercise based off of this study?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
In this article, improvement in overall fitness was seen in patients in the aerobic exercise group. I could not find a scale that specifically looked at ADLs in this study.In a meta-analysis and systematic analysis published in NPJ Parkinson's Disease, authors found aerobic exercise had benefic...
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Answer from: at Community Practice
We did not specifically investigate the effects of exercise in activities of daily living (ADLs). However, we can speculate about some potential beneficial effects. In the motor domain, we found that exercise prevented the progression of neural dysfunction by facilitating the maintenance of neural r...