Intensive cycle ergometer training improves gait speed and endurance in patients with Parkinson's disease: A comparison with treadmill training

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-138

  Arcolin, Ilaria ^a   Pisano, Fabrizio ^a   Delconte, Carmen ^a   Godi, Marco ^a   Schieppati, Marco ^a,b   Mezzani, Alessandro ^a   Picco, Daniele ^a   Grasso, Margherita ^a   Nardone, Antonio ^a,c  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Balance; Cycle ergometer; Gait; Parkinson's Disease; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; AGED; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MINI BESTEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLING; GAIT; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84954409033     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-150506     Document Type: Article

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