A Pilot Table Tennis-Based Neurorehabilitation Program to Improve Parkinson's Disease Symptoms.
Background: Exercise is the only established disease-modifying intervention in Parkinson's disease (PD), and continued exploration of innovative and engaging exercise modalities may further enhance outcomes for individuals living with PD. Table tennis (TT) is a cognitively engaging, task-specific ac...
| Publicado en: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 241 - 249 |
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| Formato: | clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Sep2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=196473415&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 196473415 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10538135 3RE jtl: NeuroRehabilitation issn: 10538135 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2026 vid: 59 iid: 2 pid: 344 pub: Sage Publications Inc. place: Thousand Oaks, California artinfo: ui: 196473415 195356504 196473415 196473415 10.1177/10538135261468787 196473415 ppf: 241 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: A Pilot Table Tennis-Based Neurorehabilitation Program to Improve Parkinson's Disease Symptoms. aug: au: Barbera, Antonio Woodward, Matthew Buard, Isabelle Sillau, Stefan Montes, Ramon Ortega Feuerstein, Jeanne affil: NeuroPong, Fort Collins, CO, USA sug: subj: Program Evaluation Parkinson Disease Rehabilitation Patient Safety Motor Skills Evaluation Tennis Human Pilot Studies Pretest-Posttest Design Scales Psychological Tests Descriptive Statistics Confidence Intervals Paired T-Tests Self Report Depression Prevention and Control Balance, Postural Walking Physical Endurance Clinical Trials Male Female Middle Age Aged Funding Source Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Male Female ab: Background: Exercise is the only established disease-modifying intervention in Parkinson's disease (PD), and continued exploration of innovative and engaging exercise modalities may further enhance outcomes for individuals living with PD. Table tennis (TT) is a cognitively engaging, task-specific activity integrating visuospatial processing, anticipatory motor planning, and dynamic postural control. Objective: To examine the feasibility, including attendance, retention, and safety, and effects of a 12 week TT-based program, NeuroPongTM, on motor and non-motor symptoms in individuals with PD. Methods: In this single-arm pilot study, 30 participants were enrolled and 26 completed 12 weeks of twice-weekly, 2-h TT sessions. The primary outcome was the Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS III). Secondary outcomes included the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Six-Minute Walk Test (6MWT), Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and several patient-reported outcomes. Pre-post comparisons were conducted using paired T-tests. Results: Improvements were observed in the MDS-UPDRS Part III (mean change −5.73, 95% CI −9.02 to −2.44, p = 0.0014), BBS (mean change +3.08, 95% CI 1.987 to 4.17, p < 0.0001), TUG (mean change −1.04, 95% CI − 1.69 to −0.38, p = 0.0032), and 6MWT (mean change 66.77, 95% CI 49.82 to 83.71, p < 0.0001). Self-reported depression decreased (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS-D mean change −1.12, 95% CI −1.97 to −0.26, p = 0.0129). Attendance averaged approximately 90%, and no adverse events were reported. No significant changes were observed in other outcomes. Conclusions: A 12-week TT-based program, NeuroPong™, was feasible and associated with improvement in motor function, balance, walking endurance and self-reported depression in PD. The multidimensional motor and cognitive demands of table tennis may contribute to these observed benefits. Larger randomized controlled trials are warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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