assessment of effective physical therapy interventions aimed at maintenance th quality of life and the amount of physical activity of home-care patients with parkinson's disease.

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K08563
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Medical sociology
• Research Institution: Tohoku Fukushi University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAE HIDEYUKI 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 准教授 (70550169)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 原田 光子 亀田医療大学, 看護学部, 教授 (90259193) ; 相馬 正之 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (40554994)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): SOUMA Masayuki 東北福祉大学, 健康科学部, 講師 (40554994)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: パーキンソン病 / 在宅支援 / 運動療法 / QOL / 重心移動能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Surveyed in-home-care patients with Parkinson’s Disease(PD) to know what kind of support activities are effective to maintain their physical function and improve their QOL. The result of the survey shows 72.4% of PD patients applied for nursing care insurance services and 78.2% of them do self-exercise. It becomes apparent that habituation of self-exercise affects their QOL. From the result of examining the standing balance of PD patients when imposed cognitive tasks simultaneously, it was found that PD patients' ability to voluntary control center of gravity is lower than that of healthy elderly people.
Based on the above results, support activities such as lectures and practical guidance on exercise therapy and measurement of physical function on the same occasion were conducted. It was verified that these activities have certain effect to let PD patients continue self-exercise and maintain their QOL, walking speed and improved their lower extremities muscle strength.

Free Research Field

理学療法