home-based aerobic exercise ameliorates symptoms in patients with parkinson's disease

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K15893
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Gerontological nursing
• Research Institution: Takasaki University of Health and Welfare
• Principal Investigator: YOICHI OHNO 高崎健康福祉大学, 保健医療学部, 助教 (10709059)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TANAKA SATOSHI 高崎健康福祉大学, 保健医療学部・理学療法学科, 教授 (20272247) ; CHIGIRA YUSUKE 高崎健康福祉大学, 保健医療学部・理学療法学科, 講師 (10709033)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: パーキンソン病 / 有酸素運動 / 在宅運動療法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We validated the effectiveness of aerobic exercise on Parkinson 's Disease (PD) patients. The subjects were 25 patients with PD. As an intervention method, the aerobic exercise for 4 weeks a day 20 minutes by a pedal exerciser was set to 3 times / week or more. Evaluation items were walking speed, cadence, stride, lower limb muscle strength, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part 3 (UPDRS 3), finger tap test. As a result, walking speed, UPDRS 3, finger tap test showed a significant change. UPDRS 3 and recognition of improvement by hand function showed the possibility of having effective effect on dopaminergic neurons.

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