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Vol.1, No.2, 11-16 (2012) Advances in Parkinson’s Disease doi:10.4236/apd.2012.12003 Efficacy of rehabilitation program in addition to pharmacological treatment during 8 months in Parkinson patients 1 2* 3 Jesús Seco Calvo , Inés Gago Fernández , Juan Azael Herrero Alonso , Javier González Gallego1, Nuria Garatachea Vallejo1 1Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain; 2Faculty of Health Sciences, University of León, Ponferrada, Spain; *Corresponding Author: ines.gago@unileon.es 3Research Center on Physical Disability, ASPAYM Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain Received 18 September 2012; revised 9 October 2012; accepted 15 November 2012 ABSTRACT independent life. The clinical hallmarks or neurologic symptoms of the disease include difficulty in initiating Objective: To compare 8-month effects of medical movement (akinesia); slowness and difficulty in mainta- treatment plus rehabilitation on UPDRS scores of ining movement (bradykinesia); reduced ability to switch parkinsonian patients with that of medical treat- between different coordination patterns (set shifting); stif- ment without rehabilitation. Design: Longtudinal fness in arms, legs and trunk (rigidity); postural insta- randomized study. Participants: 27 parkinsonian bility and a pathologic tremor at approximately 5 - 6 Hz patients (69.50 ± 10.34 years). We divided our pa- [1]. PD is characterized by insidious onset. The pharma- tient into two groups: control group