Effect of water-based exercise on motor function, balance function and walking ability in patients with Parkinson's disease
WANG Yi-zhao
ZHAO Hua
FENG Shi-chun
HOU Wei-jia
ZHANG Yue
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of water-based exercise on motor function,balance function and walking ability in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).Methods Forty patients with primary PD were randomly divided into conventional land-based rehabilitation therapy group (land-based group,N =20) and water-based exercise group (water-based group,N =20).Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Ⅲ (UPDRS Ⅲ) was used to evaluate the patients' motor function.Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) were used to evaluate balance function.The 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) and 10-Meter Walk Test (10MWT) were used to evaluate walking ability.All the tests were carried out before and after 8-week training in 2 groups.Results Patients in both groups had a significant decrease on UPDRS Ⅲ score (P =0.000),TUGT (P =0.000) after training,while they had a significant increase on BBS score (P =0.000),6MWT (P=0,000) and 10MWT (P =0.000).The water-based group had significantly lower UPDRS Ⅲ score (P =0.037),shorter TUGT (P =0.013) and higher BBS score (P=0.018) than those in land-based group after training.Conclusions Both conventional land-based training and water-based training had positive effect on motor function,balance function and walking ability in PD patients.The water-based training had more positive effect than land-based therapy on motor function and balance function.
Keywords：Parkinson diseaseMovement disordersExercise therapyRehabilitation
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 346-351 )