Psychomotor Exercises in Patients with Parkinson´s Disease
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica |
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| Field | Sport and leisure time activities |
| Keywords | Parkinson s Disease; psychomotricity; fine motor skills; physical exercise; motor activities programme |
| Description | Parkinson s Disease, affecting several percentage of seniors, and its symptoms have impact on a rather wide range of functions and abilities of the patients such as coordination skills, movement skills, facial expressions, soft motor skills, etc.. We have applied a set of psychomotor activities in order to ascertain the possible positive impact on the patients with Parkinson s Disease. Although our motor activities programme was conducted only as a test pilot project without the intention to measure any particular data we shall state that patients with symptoms of the Parkinson s Disease have shown the will and enthusiasm to perform such activities. In our pilot motor programme we have been especially successful with the application of exercises focused on the development of balance skills, fine motor skills, coordinated movements of the limbs as well as facial gestures and voice control exercises. |