High-intensity resistance training amplifies muscle hypertrophy and functional gains in persons with Parkinson's disease

• Published in: Movement disorders Vol. 21; no. 9; pp. 1444 - 1452
• Main Authors: Dibble, Leland E., Hale, Tessa F., Marcus, Robin L., Droge, John, Gerber, J. Parry, LaStayo, Paul C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.09.2006; Wiley
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living - classification; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; eccentric; Ergometry; Exercise; Female; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Humans; Hypertrophy; Hypokinesia - rehabilitation; Isometric Contraction; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mobility Limitation; muscle hypertrophy; Muscle, Skeletal - pathology; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Parkinson Disease - rehabilitation; Parkinson's disease; resistance training; Weight Lifting; Nervous system diseases; resistance training; Parkinson's disease; High intensity; Central nervous system disease; Parkinson disease; Degenerative disease; muscle hypertrophy; eccentric; Cerebral disorder; Extrapyramidal syndrome

Strength deficits in persons with Parkinson's disease (PD) have been identified as a contributor to bradykinesia. However, there is little research that examines the effect of resistance training on muscle size, muscle force production, and mobility in persons with PD. The purpose of this explo...