Purpose Patients with Parkionson’s disease have a temporal and spatial restriction for their’s exercise treatment.
The aim of this study is to verify the effectiveness of e-exercise program on balance, gait, and endurance ability in people with Parkinson’s disease.
Methods Eighteen participants, with Parkinson’s disease that ranged from stage to on the Hoehn & Yahr scale, were assigned to two group. Two group were divided into on-line group that exercised in home by computer video, and off-line group that exercised in clinical center. Exercise program that included 3 sections (warm-up, main exercise, cool down)-5 parts(stretch, strength, balance, gait, stretch) was used to train for participants. We used the functional reach test for balance ability, timed up and go test for gait ability, 6minute walking test for endurance ability. Wilkoxon sign lank tests were used to assess the difference of balance, gait, and endurance ability in pre-and post test each groups. Mann-whitney tests were used to assess the difference of balance, gait, and endurance ability between groups.
Results Wilkoxon sign lank tests revealed that both group were improved the balance, gait and endurance agility by e-exercise program intervention. Mann-whitney tests showed that there were no differences between groups in the variation of balance, gait, endurance ability.
Conclusion We believe that exercise program with on-line(e-exercise program) is an effective intervention forpeople with Parkinson’s disease and is no different than off-line exercise group in the variation of balance,gait, endurance ability.