Walking can improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease - People with Parkinson's disease between slight and moderate walking regularly for exercise can get improvements in their motor function, mood, fatigue, fitness, and some aspects of thinking skills, concludes a study published in the Online Edition on Wednesday of "Neurology", the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

"The results of our study suggest that walking can provide a secure and easily accessible way to improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and quality of life of patients," says the author of the study, Ergun and. Uc, of the University of Iowa and the medical center of Veterans Affairs of Iowa, in the United States.

Walking can improve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease

The study involved 60 people who walks at a moderate intensity sessions wearing heart rate monitors three times a week for 45 minutes per session over six months. Tests to measure their motor function, aerobic capacity, were also les mood, fatigue and memory and cognitive abilities.

The average walking speed was around 2.9 kilometers per hour and the participants were doing exercise to 47 percent of their heart rate reserve, which complies with the definition of moderate intensity aerobic exercise.

The authors found that brisk-walking improves motor function and mood by 15 percent, an improvement of the control of attention/response of 14 percent, a reduction in fatigue of 11 per cent and an increase in fitness and aerobic speed of the March by 7 percent. In motor function test, participants improved by an average of 2.8 points, what is considered a clinically important difference.

«People with Parkinson's disease and mild to moderate dementia have and are able to walk independently without a cane or Walker can continue safely recommended exercise guidelines for healthy adults, including 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity», says Uc, adding that these findings need to be confirmed in a randomized study with a control group.


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