Advance of rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease commonly happening in the middle-aged and old population, which involves central nervous system and exhibits a broad variety of clinical symptoms that are only partially treatable by pharmacological treatment. Rehabilitation is considered as an adjuvant therapy to pharmacological and surgical treatments for PD to maximize functional abilities and minimize secondary complications. This review outlines a rehabilitational, multidisciplinary team-based approach (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and so on) to the management of PD.

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2017.05.003