Research on the use of Yoga for Parkinson's disease
In the United States around 1 million people live with Parkinson’s disease (1). Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease worldwide. Parkinson’s disease affects functional mobility, balance and gait. For this reason, people with Parkinson’s disease have an increased risk of falls. The clinical signs of Parkinson’s disease include bradykinesia, rigidity, resting tremors and postural instability. Depression, anxiety and cognitive impairment are common. There is no cure for this chronic condition. Therefore, the goals of the treatment for Parkinson’s disease are to ameliorate symptoms and to slow the progression of it with the combination of medications and routine rehabilitation training. The management offered can improve the patients’ quality of life. However, the long-term use of medications has potential complications. Research on the use of yoga to improve the quality of life of patients with yoga has been promising....