| Title | Parkinson’s disease: medical and physical therapy: a descriptive study of 38 patients | |
| Authors | Vassiliki Sakellari¹, Stella Fotiadou¹, Georgios Gioftsos¹, Nickolaos Tsiftsis² and Vassilios Kiriakakis²
1. School of Physiotherapy, Technological Educational Institute of Lamia, Lamia, Greece 2. Department of Neurology, District General Hospital of Lamia, Lamia, Greece |
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| Citation | Sakellari, V., Fotiadou, S., Gioftsos, G., Tsiftsis, N., Kiriakakis, V.: Parkinson’s disease: medical and physical therapy: a descriptive study of 38 patients, Epitheorese Klin. Farmakol. Farmakokinet. 16(3): 171-178 (2002) | |
| Publication Date | Received for publication: 10 September 2002
Accepted for publication: 15 November 2002 |
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| Full Text Language | English | |
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| Keywords | Parkinson’s disease, drug treatment, physical therapy, levodopa, Motor complications, questionnaire. | |
| Other Terms | review article | |
| Summary | Parkinson’s disease (PD) remains a common and disabling condition affecting old people. At present, pharmacological and surgical approaches to the problem are limited. Consequently, alternative therapeutic procedures are important to be considered. The present descriptive study was designed to investigate the relation of PD patients with physical therapy (PT) and pharmacotherapy. Thirty-eight patients (19 men, 19 women) with idiopathic PD were enrolled in the study, with a mean age±SD 73±9 years (range 54-88), mean duration of the disease±SD 8±6 years (range 0-24) and mean Hoehn & Yahr score 2,5 (range 1-5). Patients completed a novel questionnaire and assessed by the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). 40% of the patients appeared to ignore the term “Physical therapy”. 8% had received PT for their PD without feeling any benefit. 21% had had PT for disorders other than PD; 62% of them appeared to be satisfied. 26% of the patients believed that PT could be helpful for their PD, 23% believed that it could not be helpful and 51% had no opinion. 69% of the patients expressed their will to try PT for their PD in the future, 17% were not willing to try and 14% had no opinion. Only 3 patients (8%) were not having any drug treatment. Levodopa was the most common drug used. We conclude that the relation of this group of patients with PT was very loose. Large well-designed randomize controlled trials are needed to demonstrate the efficacy of PT on PD. | |
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