Title:

Can simple behavioural interventions increase daily physical activity in Parkinson’s disease?

Creator:

Opara, Józef ; Grzybowska-Ganszczyk, Dominika

Subject and Keywords:

Parkinson’s disease ; physical activity ; sedentary lifestyle ; walking

Abstrakt:

Introduction. Physical activity (PA) is a modifiable factor that may influence the course of Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study aimed to apply a simple behavioural intervention aimed at encouraging PD sufferers to increase their everyday PA and to as-sess which parameters of motor functions will be improved.Methods. The research covered 50 PD patients (28 men and 22 women) aged 40–81 years (65.38 ± 9.23), with a duration of the disease of 2–4 years, in stages 1–3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale. The patients were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group with behavioural therapy and the control group without intervention. During 12 weeks, the patients from the experimental group had five phone conversations. Each conversation lasted 15 min and was an interview about the subjects’ PA in the last month. The outcome was measured by the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) – part III, FIR [Functional Index “Repty” – own modification of Functional Independence Measure (FIM)], Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).Results. The results showed that, after 12 weeks and five phone conversations, in the experimental group spontaneous PA in-creased and motor functions improved.Conclusions. PA improvement depended on age, body mass index, and gender.

Publisher:

Wydawnictwo Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Polskich Olimpijczyków we Wrocławiu

Place of publication:

Wrocław

Date:

2025

Resource Type:

artykuł

Language:

ang

Relation:

Physiotherapy Quarterly ; Physiotherapy Quarterly,2025,vol.33,nr1

Rights:

Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone (Copyright)

Access Rights:

Dla wszystkich zgodnie z licencją

License:

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Rights Owner:

Wydawnictwo Akademii Wychowania Fizycznego im. Polskich Olimpijczyków we Wrocławiu