Improvement in Parkinson's disease patients achieved by coordination dynamics therapy.
Eight patients in whom Parkinson's disease had set on 5 to 10 years earlier underwent low intensity coordination dynamics therapy with on average 4 hours per week for 2.5 months. The ongoing pharmaco-therapy and the conventional fitness training for 1 to 2 hours per week were not changed. With the coordination dynamics therapy the functioning of the central nervous system (CNS) of the Parkinson's disease patients improved by 35%, as quantified by coordination dynamics measurements. Following 3 months of no coordination dynamics therapy, but further ongoing pharmaco-therapy and fitness training the CNS functioning worsened again by 21%. It is concluded that pharmaco-therapy and conventional fitness training alone cannot prevent the worsening of the CNS functioning in progressing Parkinson's disease, but additional coordination dynamics therapy can.
Schalow
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Institute of Exercise Biology and Physiotherapy, University of Tartu, 5 Jakobi Street, Tartu 51014, Estonia.
Pääsuke
M
M
Ereline
J
J
Gapeyeva
H
H
D000368:Aged; D001259:Ataxia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology; D026241:Exercise Movement Techniques; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D016474:Weight-Bearing / Q000502:physiology