Influence of motor impairment on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with Parkinson disease

Autor: Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte, Camila Souza Miranda, Erica Tardelli das Neves Guelfi, Tatiana de Paula Oliveira, Pâmela Yuki Igarasi Barbosa, Erika Okamoto, Raphael Mendes Ritti-Dias, Hélcio Kanegusuku
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation
ISSN: 2288-1778
2288-176X
Popis: This study evaluated the impact of motor impairment (MI) on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). One hundred ninety-two patients (≥50 years old) were divided according to the Hoehn and Yahr stages in: mild (stage I), mild to moderate (stage II), moderate (stage III), and advanced MI (stage IV). Exercise capacity (6-min walk test [6MWT]) and quality of life (Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire [PDQ-39]) were obtained. In this context, 6MWT was progressively worse with increasing the severity of MI (P
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