title: Amplitude-oriented exercise in Parkinson's disease: a randomized study comparing LSVT-BIG and a short training protocol.
abstract: LSVT-BIG is an exercise for patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) comprising of 16 1-h sessions within 4 weeks. LSVT-BIG was compared with a 2-week short protocol (AOT-SP) consisting of 10 sessions with identical exercises in 42 patients with PD. UPDRS-III-score was reduced by -6.6 in LSVT-BIG and -5.7 in AOT-SP at follow-up after 16 weeks (p < 0.001). Measures of motor performance were equally improved by LSVT-BIG and AOT-SP but high-intensity LSVT-BIG was more effective to obtain patient-perceived benefit.
authors.affiliation: Fachkrankenhaus für Bewegungsstörungen/Parkinson, Paracelsusring 6a, 14547, Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany, ebersbach@parkinson-beelitz.de.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ebersbach
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Grust
authors.forename: Almut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebersbach
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gandor
authors.forename: Andrea A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kühn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome