Method and Value of Exercise in Parkinson's Disease

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Abstract
In few diseases does an essential segment1 of treatment rest so much upon the patient's personal efforts as in Parkinson's disease. In fact, among early and mild cases, especially during stationary phases of the illness, work, exercise and activity of various sorts are more important to the future welfare of the patient than physiotherapy and medication, which have obtained attention in preceding sections of this discussion.2 , 3 Importance of ExerciseExercise is important in Parkinson's disease because there is no paralysis and no involvement of the pyramidal system as in multiple sclerosis or of the anterior-horn cells as in poliomyelitis. The . . .

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