A personalized coaching program increases outdoor activities and physical fitness in sedentary Parkinson patients; a post-hoc analysis of the ParkFit trial

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1442-1444

  van der Kolk, N M ^a   van Nimwegen, M ^a   Speelman, A D ^a   Munneke, M ^b   Backx, F J G ^c   Donders, R ^b   Post, B ^a   Overeem, S ^a   Bloem, B R ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Coaching; Parkinson's disease; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FITNESS; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALIZED MOTIVATIONAL COACHING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84916196295     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2014.10.004     Document Type: Letter

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