Table 1.
In- and exclusion criteria
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease diagnosed by a neurologist | Medication: |
| • Beta-blockers and/or anti-psychotics | |
| Hoehn & Yahr stage ≤2 (tested in off state) | Comorbidity: |
| • Neurologic or orthopedic co-morbidities that make it impossible to cycle or perform stretching exercises (safely) | |
| • Contra-indications for aerobic exercise including diagnosed cardiac diseases, diagnosed but poorly controlled diabetes | |
| • mellitus or pulmonary diseases. | |
| • Psychiatric diseases: major depressive disorder, severe or moderate depressive episode or any form of psychosis), diagnosed by a psychiatrist in the last year. | |
| • Dementia: MMSE <24 | |
| Age 30–75 years | Inability to fill out questionnaires or perform a computer task (i.e. due to poor vision, inability to read Dutch (illiteracy or foreign language)) |
| Sedentary lifestyle [16] | Facilities: |
| • No internet at home | |
| Parkinson medication: | Availability/compliance: |
| • Stable dopaminergic medication dose (both levodopa and/or a dopamine agonist are allowed) for at least one month before the study | • Unavailable for more than 10% (approximately 2.5 weeks) of the 6 months |
| • No treatment and deemed unlikely to start treatment within the next month by their treating neurologist |