TY - JOUR T1 - Exercise for people with Parkinson’s: a practical approach JF - Practical Neurology JO - Pract Neurol SP - 399 LP - 406 DO - 10.1136/practneurol-2018-001930 VL - 18 IS - 5 AU - Bhanu Ramaswamy AU - Julie Jones AU - Camille Carroll Y1 - 2018/10/01 UR - http://pn.bmj.com/content/18/5/399.abstract N2 - Exercise is key to a healthy and productive life. For people with Parkinson’s, exercise has reported benefits for controlling motor and non-motor symptoms alongside the use of pharmacological intervention. For example, exercise prolongs independent mobility and improves sleep, mood, memory and quality of life, all further enhanced through socialisation and multidisciplinary team support. Recent research suggests that optimally prescribed exercise programmes following diagnosis may alter neurophysiological processes, possibly slowing symptom progression.Given its benefits, professionals should encourage and motivate people with Parkinson’s to exercise regularly from the time of diagnosis and provide guidance on what exercise to do. We provide examples of how the growing body of evidence on exercise for people with Parkinson’s is revolutionising the services they are provided. We also highlight new resources available to help the wider support network (people such as volunteers, partners and friends of people with Parkinson’s) with an interest in exercise promote a consistent message on the benefits of exercise. ER -