Exercise helps individuals suffering from Parkinson's disease

Exercise helps individuals suffering from Parkinson's disease

According to a recent review, exercise can help people with Parkinson's disease feel better about their symptoms related to movement.

Researchers claim that there is no superior structured exercise. Recently, a Cochrane review reported this finding.

Although there is no known treatment for Parkinson's disease, there are ways to manage the symptoms, including through physiotherapy or other types of exercise. It was unclear up until this point whether one form of exercise was superior to another, according to Professor Elke Kalbe, a medical psychologist at the University of Cologne in Germany.

According to a magazine news release, "We sought to find out which activity is the most useful for enhancing movement and quality of life throughout Parkinson's disease.

Parkinson's disease is a neurological condition that worsens with time and typically affects those over 60. Tremors, stiffness, bradykinesia, balance issues, and decreased coordination are possible symptoms. Additionally, patients may feel weariness, sleep issues, emotional and psychological issues, and difficulty thinking.

In a recent analysis, scientists examined 156 randomised controlled studies that contrasted various forms of exercise with no exercise.

The studies involved around 8,000 individuals from all over the world, making it the largest and most thorough systematic review on the benefits of physical activity for people with Parkinson's disease.

The reviewers discovered that these patients' motor symptoms and quality of life significantly and somewhat improved after engaging in physical activity, such as dance, aquatic exercise, strength and resistance training, endurance exercise, tai chi, yoga, and physiotherapy.

The majority of subjects were between the ages of 60 and 74, had mild to moderate illness, and showed no cognitive processing impairment.

The intensity of motor symptoms for the majority of exercise types was supported by moderate to strong evidence, according to the study's authors.

It is crucial to stress that we do not contest the value of some motor symptoms being treated with specially created Parkinson's disease-specific programmes like physiotherapy.