“Pushing the Limits”: Rethinking Motor and Cognitive Resources After a Highly Challenging Balance Training Program for Parkinson Disease | Zendy

Breiffni Leavy | Zendy; Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen | Zendy; Kamilla Nylund | Zendy; María Hagströmer | Zendy; Erika Franzén | Zendy

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“Pushing the Limits”: Rethinking Motor and Cognitive Resources After a Highly Challenging Balance Training Program for Parkinson Disease

Author(s) -

Breiffni Leavy,

Kirsti Skavberg Roaldsen,

Kamilla Nylund,

María Hagströmer,

Erika Franzén

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

physical therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1538-6724

pISSN - 0031-9023

DOI - 10.2522/ptj.20160090

Subject(s) - balance (ability) , physical medicine and rehabilitation , parkinson's disease , cognition , cognitive training , psychology , training (meteorology) , balance training , disease , medicine , neuroscience , physics , meteorology , pathology

There is growing evidence for the positive effects of exercise training programs on balance control in Parkinson disease (PD). To be effective, balance training needs to be specific, progressive, and highly challenging. Little evidence exists, however, for how people with PD-related balance impairments perceive highly challenging and progressive balance training programs with dual-task components.

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