Nagarjuna Narayanasetti

Strength training in persons with parkinson's disease – a review

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  • Nagarjuna Narayanasetti,  
  • Annie Thomas

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Background: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a central nervous system degenerative disorder with an unknown etiology. PD is the second leading cause of neurological impairments. Exercise therapy treatment is commonly used for PD to improve health and decrease the functional limitations. Exercise therapy includes Strengthening, aerobic, agility etc.. Objective: To investigate the evidence on efcacy and limits of strength training in rehabilitation of Parkinson's disease Method: A comprehensive search on pubmed, clinical keys database using keywords Parkinson's disease, physical therapy, strength training ,resistance training. The studies including Randomized controlled trails and systematic reviews published since 2005 are reviewed. Results: 36 studies identied through database searching. 25 studies are excluded due to duplicates, irrelevance, based on titles, outcome diversity. 5 systemic reviews and Meta analysis, 6 RCT are included. Review and analysis of articles is going on Conclusion : The result of this review suggests that strength training program can be effective in people with mild and moderate parkinson's disease. It can improve functional independency with increased muscle strength, gait parameters, posture and balance, all of these positive role on participation and quality of life.

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