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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. Read more...Click to read more below


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

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
7
9
16
22
38

Stopped taking Physical Exercise

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
1
1
0
1
0
0
Why Patients Stopped Taking Physical Exercise (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Course of treatment ended 2 67% Course of treatment ended: 67%
Other 1 33% Other: 33%

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)

  • 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!

  • cmsf
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: severe
    Chest: severe
    Legs: severe
  • cmsf
  • 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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