Physical Exercise Treatment Report
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See also: Theracycle, Yoga
What is Physical Exercise?
Exercise is recommended to help remain healthy as possible. It can help to maintain a weight and generally improve how one feels. It takes many forms. Finding the exercise that is right for you is key to keeping it useful and doing in on a regular basis.
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Reasons Taken
128 patients in the community are taking or have taken Physical Exercise.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| General health | 60 | 46% |
| Treat Parkinson's | 40 | 31% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 4% |
| Back pain | 1 | <1% |
| Mobility | 1 | <1% |
| Support another treatment | 1 | <1% |
Duration
How long current patients have been taking Physical Exercise or how long patients were taking Physical Exercise before stopping.
Currently taking Physical Exercise
Stopped taking Physical Exercise
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 8 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 75% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 25% | 1 |
Treat Parkinson's
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 13% | 1 |
| Mild | 13% | 1 |
| None | 75% | 6 |
Top reported side-effects include: Fatigue, tiredness, knee pain
Summary results are based on 8 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 8)
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- btrflynana
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: mild
- Chest: none
- Legs: mild
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by btrflynana
Aug 20, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsModerate
- Treat Parkinson's
- Advice/Tips
- take it slow and do it daily, even if you are tired. You are the only one you are short changing by not doing this daily!
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- cmsf
- Mouth/throat: mild
- Arms: severe
- Chest: severe
- Legs: severe
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by cmsf
Sep 05, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- General health
- Advice/Tips
- Because of repeated used of "progressive", the assumption is made that physical exercise will not be conducive to improvements. I have "drawn a line in the sand" and found that I can retain a level of mobility regardless of the difficulties encountered - once I made the comittment to also change my nutritional/medical regimen. There is a direct corrolation between healthy energy input and movement/mental output.
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0 helpful marks