Table 1.
EDUCATION | EXERCISE | ||||
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Frequency | One 90 min session/week, five 30 min relaxation sessions/week at home TOTAL: 240 min/week of education and relaxation |
Frequency | Three 80 min sessions/week: TOTAL: 240 min/week of exercise | ||
Topic | Goal | Station | Time | Goal | Progression |
Resources | Topic: Finding information on PD, communicating effectively with health care providers and building a support team. | Gait training | 10 | Warm up, big steps, arm swing | Speed, UE support (poles), cues for big steps, ankle weights, cognitive task |
Sleep, Fatigue, Pain | Topic: Solutions to common sleep, pain and fatigue problem in PD. | PWR! Moves | 20 | Aerobic, whole body sequencing, amplitude training | 3 levels of difficulty |
Nutrition | Topic: Healthy eating guidelines, normal serving sizes, nutrition, and meal planning. | Lunging | 15 | Multi-directional, anticipatory control, dual task, executive function | Sequences, visual cues, UE support, cognitive task |
Difficult emotions, stress and depression | Topic: Solutions to common emotional ups and downs that accompany chronic illness. | Agility | 10 | Turns, multi-directional, cognitive task | Speed, cognitive task |
Communication | Topic: Improving communication (verbal, voice tone and body language). | Boxing | 10 | Powerful movements, dual task, anticipatory movement, executive function | Response inhibition, hand weights, cognitive task |
Medication | Topic: Purposes, effects and responsibilities of common PD related medication. | Tai Chi | 15 | Weight shifting, limits of stability, postural responses, step initiation | 3 levels of difficulty |