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| Spinal flexibility and balance control among community-dwelling adults with and without Parkinson's disease | | Author(s) | Margaret Schenkman, Miriam Morey, Maggie Kuchibhatla |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 55A, no 8, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp M441-M445 |
| Keywords | Parkinson's disease ; Exercise ; Mobility ; Living in the community ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Identifying specific contributions to functional limitations may make it possible to establish intervention strategies, including exercise, to delay or ameliorate decline in function. The purposes of this study were to determine: the association between spinal flexibility and functional limitations; the relative contribution of spinal flexibility to specific functional limitations; and how disease state (Parkinson's disease (PD) or no PD) modified these relationships. Participants were 251 community-dwelling Americans, 56 of whom were diagnosed with PD. There were significant differences for almost all measurements for PD compared to non-PD participants. Spinal flexibility is implicated as a contributor to functional reach, a measure of functional limitation and an established measure of balance control. More work is needed to determine the extent to which spinal flexibility can be improved and the effect of that improvement on balance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001123202 A |
| Classmark | CR6: CEA: C4: K4: 7T |
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