title: Exercise and neurologic disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article provides a practical clinical approach for the role of exercise in the treatment and management of neurologic disorders.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A number of clinical studies have reported positive benefits from exercise in various neurologic disease states, suggesting that this mode of intervention should be considered as another option in clinical management.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Significant evidence-based data exists confirming the positive effects of exercise in otherwise healthy populations. Good evidence also exists that physical activity may benefit people with long-term neurologic conditions. Despite this evidence, exercise is often neglected in patients with normal aging or neurologic disease progression. Neurologists should counsel patients on this therapeutic adjunct and provide specific recommendations when possible.
authors.forename: Tad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seifert
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*