Background: Falls in Parkinson Disease (PD) are a complex health problem, with multidimensional causes and consequences.
Objectives: To identify the fall predictors in individuals with PD and compare fallers and non-fallers considering their socio-demographic, anthropometric, clinical and functional status.
Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional design was employed.
Objectives: To identify the factors affecting the use of physiotherapy services among individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) living in Brazil.
Methods: Overall, 479 individuals with idiopathic PD, of both sexes, at any stage of the Hoehn & Yahr (HY) scale, and from seven capital cities in Brazil were recruited from 2014 to 2016. Multivariate logistic regression was the main statistical tool.
Unlabelled: Studies which have investigated muscular performance during the initial stages of Parkinson's disease (PD) without L-dopa treatments were not found.
Objective: to assess whether muscular performance, work and power, of the trunk and lower limbs in L-dopa naïve patients in the early stages of PD was lower than those of healthy subjects and to compare muscular performance between the lower limbs.
Method: Ten subjects with PD, Hoehn and Yahr (HY) I-II, L-dopa naïve and 10 subjects in the control group were assessed with the isokinetic dynamometer.
Question: Does progressive resistance exercise improve strength and measures of physical performance in people with Parkinson's disease?
Design: Systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials.
Participants: People with Parkinson's disease, regardless of gender or level of disability.
Intervention: Progressive resistance exercise, defined as involving repetitive, strong, or effortful muscle contractions and progression of load as the participant's abilities changed.