TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel boot camp program to help guide personalized exercise in people with parkinson disease
AU - Domingos, Josefa
AU - Dean, John
AU - Cruickshank, Travis M.
AU - Śmiłowska, Katarzyna
AU - Fernandes, Júlio Belo
AU - Godinho, Catarina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Given the variety of exercise programs available for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), such individuals may struggle to make decisions about what exercise to perform. The objective of this study was to assess the usefulness, satisfaction, and preferences regarding participation in a PD-personalized educational and exercise boot camp program. Attendees participated in a four-day program consisting of exercise sessions, workshops, and social activities. We collected demographic and clinical information. We assessed satisfaction and preferences immediately after. At one-month follow-up, participants assessed usefulness and changes in exercise habits. Eight individuals diagnosed with PD, with a mean age of 59.5 ± 6.8 years, participated. All participants felt “very satisfied” and likely to attend future events. The two favorite sessions were: cognitive stepping and dance-based movements. At one-month follow-up, participants considered the program “very useful” and reported changes in their exercise routine. Our results suggest that the boot camp program was considered useful and capable of influencing participants’ exercise habits.
AB - Given the variety of exercise programs available for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD), such individuals may struggle to make decisions about what exercise to perform. The objective of this study was to assess the usefulness, satisfaction, and preferences regarding participation in a PD-personalized educational and exercise boot camp program. Attendees participated in a four-day program consisting of exercise sessions, workshops, and social activities. We collected demographic and clinical information. We assessed satisfaction and preferences immediately after. At one-month follow-up, participants assessed usefulness and changes in exercise habits. Eight individuals diagnosed with PD, with a mean age of 59.5 ± 6.8 years, participated. All participants felt “very satisfied” and likely to attend future events. The two favorite sessions were: cognitive stepping and dance-based movements. At one-month follow-up, participants considered the program “very useful” and reported changes in their exercise routine. Our results suggest that the boot camp program was considered useful and capable of influencing participants’ exercise habits.
KW - Boot camp
KW - Clinical exercise
KW - Exercise prescription
KW - Parkinson disease
KW - Personalized medicine
KW - Physiotherapy
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115720032&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/jpm11090938
DO - 10.3390/jpm11090938
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85115720032
SN - 2075-4426
VL - 11
JO - Journal of Personalized Medicine
JF - Journal of Personalized Medicine
IS - 9
M1 - 938
ER -