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Hi John, By now you have probably received a good amount of replies. I am a Clinical Psychologist working in the area of geriatrics and a special interest in Parkinson's. You may be getting a number of different perspectives, and the reason for this is that there rarely is one size fits all, age, degree of disability, individual status, sex, general health, reactions to medications all play a very important role. Gale Kittler, R.N., M. P.H.. and I are developing a 5 part series of workshops that will deal with Wellness, and one such section will be on physical fitness. Gail is the coordinator at the Ali Research Center, St.Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center here in Phoenix, Az.. Your "real life " quest is that there are many individual approaches, i.e., a PT who has developed an Aquatic program, here in AZ., UCLA, Dept of Neurology, Movement Disorder Clinic, along with the YMCA in West Los Angeles, developed a Video training tape with PWP, using light weights, stretching, relaxation and so on. We have a program using Dyna Bands and Disk Sits for balance. The basis of all program is to promote stimulation and hopefully retard the disease. Good Luck, Bernie Barber At 07:58 PM 3/27/99 -0500, you wrote: >I am a graduate student, and my class project involves creating exercise >prescription programs for Parkinson's disease patients. I have read many books >about this subject, but I have not been able to find what I am looking for. I >would like to find some "real life" exercise protocols, so that the >information I present to my classmates is the most accurate and usable. I do >not feel that it would be beneficial for my classmates to recieve poor >information, and then in turn, not provide the quality care that Parkinson's >disease patients deserve. Since I do not work with Parkinson's disease >patients on a regular basis, I feel the need to search for help from >professionals with more experience and knowledge than myself on this topic. >Thank you for any help provided! >