Many individuals with Parkinson disease (PD) adopt a sedentary lifestyle as a result of the motor and nonmotor complications associated with the disease. In this article, Speelman et al. discuss 10 reasons why exercise may be of benefit to patients with PD, suggesting that increased levels of physical activity can have disease-specific and, potentially, disease-modifying effects. The limitations and obstacles to changing the sedentary lifestyles of patients with PD are also discussed.
- Arlène D. Speelman
- Bart P. van de Warrenburg
- Bastiaan R. Bloem
