Effects of Exercise on Balance, Gait Speed, Quality of Life, and Symptom Relief Among Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis of RCTs

Jeong-Hui Park, Prochnow, T, Smith, ML, Lee, J-M, Amo, C
September, 2025
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Abstract

Meta-analysis of 11 RCTs focused on adults ≥60 with Parkinson’s disease: exercise significantly improved gait speed (SMD≈-0.90) but showed no significant pooled effects on balance, QoL, or global symptoms; heterogeneity and small samples limit certainty.

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Healthcare
Parkinson’s disease exercise gait speed meta-analysis older adults
Jeong-Hui Park
Jeong-Hui Park
Assistant Professor University of Oklahoma

Jeong-Hui Park, PhD, is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Exercise Science at the University of Oklahoma, following her doctoral training at Texas A&M University and postdoctoral research at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.