Prof. Bas Bloem: “What type of exercise is best for people with PD?"

[Michel0220]

I am delighted to announce our next zoom session that will be taking place at 7.30 pm London time on Monday, the 19th of September.

We will have the pleasure of listening to Professor Bas Bloem on the topic of “What type of exercise is best for people with Parkinson’s?”.

Professor Bloem will share with us his research on this important topic and help us understand how to best manage our symptoms through exercise.

The expression “citius, fortius, altius” (Latin for “faster, higher, stronger”) is the Olympic motto indicating what is required to achieve athletic excellence. Which of these skills is most important to reach an optimal personal performance was not specified by its creator, Pierre de Coubertin, but a combination is presumably optimal.

Similar issues are at play when trying to understand the beneficial outcomes of physical activity on general health and motor functioning in people with neurological disorders such as Parkinson disease.

Please use the Eventbrite link below to register for this event:

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Professor Bas Bloem is consultant neurologist at the Department of Neurology, Radboud University Medical Centre, The Netherlands. He is without a doubt one of the world’s top Parkinson’s specialists.

Professor Bloem has published over 850 publications and has held too many positions and received too many awards to mention.

In 2002, he founded and became director of the Radboud UMC Centre of Expertise for Parkinson & Movement Disorders, which is recognised as a centre of excellence for PD.

He also developed ParkinsonNet, an innovative healthcare concept that consists of 70 professional networks for PD patients, covering all of The Netherlands. This initiative has received several awards.

Professor Bloem has two main research interests:

- cerebral compensatory mechanisms, especially in the field of gait and balance; and

- healthcare innovation.

[ABDESSLAM1]

I hate it when they drag you with good title then you have to register for a future event

[Zella23]

Thanks Michel! There’s always so much discussion on here about exercise. Looking forward to it!

[Michel0220 in reply to Zella23]

Thank you very much Zella. We are very lucky to have gotten one of the world leaders in the field!