Julieanne
03-01-12, 05:25 AM
By Marghi Merzenich (http://www.positscience.com/blog/author/marghi/) on February 10, 2012
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911#t=article) showed that practicing the meditative Chinese martial art tai chi may help alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, and resistance training might also help with certain aspects of the disease. The study, conducted by scientists from the Oregon Research Institute, compared three different types of interventions in the study. One group practiced tai chi, another did resistance training, while the third stretched in a classroom setting. The interventions were practiced twice a week for an hour each time.
Following twenty four weeks of this training regimen, the research team found that those in the tai chi group had improved strength, balance, reach, and control of movement. The resistance training group had some gains, but the gains were not as large as the tai chi group. Both the tai chi group and the resistance training group experienced fewer falls than the stretching group.
http://www.positscience.com/blog/2012/02/10/tai-chi-resistance-training-may-help-with-parkinsons-symptoms-fall-prevention/
A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107911#t=article) showed that practicing the meditative Chinese martial art tai chi may help alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, and resistance training might also help with certain aspects of the disease. The study, conducted by scientists from the Oregon Research Institute, compared three different types of interventions in the study. One group practiced tai chi, another did resistance training, while the third stretched in a classroom setting. The interventions were practiced twice a week for an hour each time.
Following twenty four weeks of this training regimen, the research team found that those in the tai chi group had improved strength, balance, reach, and control of movement. The resistance training group had some gains, but the gains were not as large as the tai chi group. Both the tai chi group and the resistance training group experienced fewer falls than the stretching group.
http://www.positscience.com/blog/2012/02/10/tai-chi-resistance-training-may-help-with-parkinsons-symptoms-fall-prevention/