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Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: A Clinical Practice Guideline from the American Physical Therapy Association

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Resistance Training gets 4 Diamonds: Physical therapists should implement resistance training to reduce motor severity, improve strength, power, nonmotor symptoms, functional outcomes, and QOL in PD. Evidence Quality: High; Recommendation Strength: Strong

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I put a treadmill and chin-up bar in our shed. Then mounted a piece of plywood so I could lay my laptop over the treadmill bars. I use Rosetta Stone to study Study Spanish while walking and every half-hour stop to do chin-ups or dips.

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