Skill-based exercises that may benefits Parkinson's patients | Giselle Petzinger

Posted on October 27th 2020 (over 4 years)

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Physical activities that incorporate learning or skill development are particularly beneficial to people with Parkinson's disease. Skilled exercises — including tennis, yoga, and non-contact boxing — involve goal-oriented movement in which accuracy is important to accomplish the desired outcome. Elements of practice, repetition, feedback, and learning are all exercise features that can help people with Parkinson's disease. In this clip, Dr. Giselle Petzinger describes the specific characteristics of exercise that make it so helpful to people with Parkinson's disease.

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