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Exercising 2.5 hours a week may slow Parkinson`s disease

Exercising 2.5 hours a week may slow Parkinson`s disease

At least 150 minutes of weekly exercise may help people suffering from Parkinson's disease by improving mobility impairment and health-related quality of life, a study has showed. "We found that people with Parkinson's disease who maintained exercise 150 minutes per week had a smaller decline in quality of life and mobility over two years compared to people who did not exercise or exercised less," said lead investigator Miriam R. Rafferty from Northwestern University and Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, US.

"People with Parkinson's should feel empowered to find the type of exercise they enjoy, even those with more advanced symptoms," Rafferty added. The study, published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease (PD), showed that improvement in health-related quality of life was associated with 30-minute increases in exercise per week in people with advanced form of the disease.

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