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gotta have a sense of humor!
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Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:08:54 AM
Subject: Re: Biking reduces tremors
biking doesn'thelp if you fall off outside the pub as I did ! Onlookers
didn't believe I was sober....
Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>:
> MultiVu Video Feed: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS BIKING REDUCES TREMORS IN PARKINSON'S
> PATIENTS
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>
> More than 1.5 million Parkinson's patients currently suffer from
> uncontrollable leg, arm and hand movements; and the number in the U.S. alone
> grows by 50,000 annually.
>
> Now there is some good news on the horizon for Parkinson's patients -
> improving motor functions in the legs, hands and arms of Parkinson's patients
> may be as simple as riding a bike. Dr. Angela Ridgel, an assistant professor
> in exercise science at Kent State University, has confirmed that patients
> riding an assisted bike for eight weeks, three times a week experience an
> increase in motor functions in their legs, hands and arms. Dr. Ridgel
> suggests this assisted exercise is potentially changing the nervous system.
> Dr. Ridgel's research - conducted with Dr. Jay Alberts at the Cleveland
> Clinic - will be published in the 2009 Journal of Neurorehabilitation and
> Neural Repair.
>
> Dr. Ridgel has since taken the research a step further at Kent State
> University to help identify the optimum pedaling rate to achieve the best
> possible results. Current research shows patients who rode an assisted bike
> one-time exhibited a 35 to 40 percent improvement that lasted beyond the day
> of the exercise.
>
> For additional questions and requests please contact: Kayleigh Fitch at
> 440-333-0001 ext. 105 or email [log in to unmask]
>
> Rayilyn BrownDirector AZNPFArizona Chapter National Parkinson
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