ArticleJournal of rehabilitation medicine2024
Effects of physical exercise interventions on balance, postural stability and general mobility in Parkinson's disease: a network meta-analysis.
Article in Journal of rehabilitation medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07525973 (The Effect of Eye Exercises on Physical Function, Balance, and Fall Risk in Patients With Parkinson's Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effect of Eye Exercises on Physical Function, Balance, and Fall Risk in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Telerehabilitation for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Quality assessment and umbrella review of systematic reviews about dance for people with Parkinson's disease.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Stochastic resonance stimulation effect on stability during walking in people with Parkinson disease.International biomechanics · 2025Trial
- From Static Stability to Dynamic Gait Governance: Differential Effects of Adapted Physical Activity and Tango-Based Therapy on Walking Distance and Plantar Load Redistribution in Parkinson's Disease.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physiotherapy interventions for balance impairments in Parkinson's disease: evidence from a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.NPJ Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Clinical outcomes following a home-based dual-task telerehabilitation program in Parkinson's disease.Northern clinics of Istanbul · 2026Article
- The Impact of Dance-Based Physical Activity on Sensorimotor and Psychological Function in Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Relationship between physical exercise and quality of life in Chinese college students: the chain mediating effect of psychological flourishing and optimistic intelligence.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Qualitative Assessment of Network Meta-Analyses of Exercise Therapy for Parkinson's Disease: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- A New Methodological Approach Integrating Motion Capture and Pressure-Sensitive Gait Data to Assess Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease: A Two-Phase Study.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effects of Exercise on Balance, Gait Speed, Quality of Life, and Symptom Relief Among Older Adults with Parkinson's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs).Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Study on the balance and gait characteristics of subjects with generalized joint hypermobility residing in high-altitude using wearable devices: a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Exercise training upregulates CD55 to suppress complement-mediated synaptic phagocytosis in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Article
- Scaling new heights: a pilot study of the impact of climbing on balance, agility, and dexterity in individuals with Parkinson's disease.Archives of physiotherapyArticle
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess which type of physical exercise intervention has the most beneficial effects on balance, postural stability and general mobility in patients with Parkinson's disease. These parameters were assessed using the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Mini-Balance Evaluation Systems Test (MiniBESTest) and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG).
designNetwork meta-analysis.
methodsThe PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science databases were searched up to August 2022 to identify randomized controlled trials on the effects of physical exercise interventions on balance, postural stability, and general mobility. The network meta-analysis included pairwise and indirect comparisons of results on the ABC scale, BBS, MiniBESTest, and TUG across 8 categories of physical exercise.
resultsEighty-six studies with a total of 4,693 patients were included. For the ABC scale, the indirect comparison showed that the highest effect size was observed for balance vs sensorimotor training without including endurance interventions (0.62; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.06, 1.17). The highest effect sizes for BBS were observed for alternative exercises (1.21; 95% CI 0.62, 1.81), body-weight supported (BWS) interventions (1.31; 95% CI 0.57, 2.05), dance (1.18; 95% CI 0.33, 2.03) and sensorimotor training, including endurance interventions (1.10; 95% CI 0.46, 1.75) vs control groups. Indirect comparisons showed that the highest effect size for the MiniBESTest were observed for balance (0.75; 95% CI 0.46, 1.04) and resistance (0.58; 95% CI 0.10, 1.07) vs control groups. For the TUG, comparisons showed a significant effect size for alternative exercises (-0.54; 95% CI -0.82, -0.26), balance (-0.42; 95% CI -0.75, -0.08), resistance (-0.60; 95% CI -0.89, -0.31), and sensorimotor training including endurance interventions (-0.61; 95% CI -0.95, -0.27) vs control comparisons.
conclusionBalance interventions improve balance, postural stability, and general mobility in people with Parkinson's disease. Moreover, alternative exercises, dance, BWS interventions, resistance, and sensorimotor training, including and not including endurance interventions, are also effective.
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