Qigong exercise may improve sleep quality and gait performance in Parkinson's disease: A pilot study

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 578-584

  Wassom, Derek J ^a   Lyons, Kelly E ^b   Pahwa, Rajesh ^b   Liu, Wen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gait; Parkinson's disease; Qigong; sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LENGTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; QIGONG; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP QUALITY; STUDY; COMPLICATION; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; QIGONG; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84938900143     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2014.966820     Document Type: Article

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