Physical Therapy for at Least 6 Months Improves Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s Patients: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics and quality scores of included literature.

Study	Subjects,		HY stage	Intervention		Outcome measures	Medication state in evaluation time	M-Jadad scale
	Experimental group	Control group		Experimental group	Control group
Au 2022 [11]	15	15	1-3	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 6 months	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 6 weeks	MDS- UPDRS motor, ADL LED, etc.	On	5
Yang 2022 [13]	30	30	1-3	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 18 months	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 4 months	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL LED, etc.	On	5
Mak 2021 [12]	33	31	1-3	Aerobic exercise; 6 months	Usual care; 6 months	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL LED, etc.	On	5
Tollar 2019 [20]	19	20	1-2	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 2 years	No exercise; 2 years	MDS-UPDRS ADL, LED, etc.	On	4
Kolk 2019 [21]	65	65	1-2	Aerobic exercise; 6 months	Stretching and relaxation; 6 months	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL LED, etc.	On/off	6
Ferreira 2018 [22]	18	17	1-3	Resistance exercise; 6 months	No intervention; 6 months	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL, etc.	On	5
Kolk 2018 [23]	22	15	1-2	Aerobic exercise; 6 months	No intervention; 6 months	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL, etc.	Off	5
Frazzitta 2015 [24]	20	20	1-2	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 2 years	Usual care; 2 years	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL LED, etc.	Off	5
Cocros 2013 [25]	20	18	1-3	Resistance exercise; 1 year	Fitness count exercise; 1 years	MDS-UPDRS motor, LED, etc	On/off	6
Frazzitta 2012 [24]	25	25	3	Multidisciplinary rehabilitation; 1 year	Usual care; 1 year	MDS-UPDRS motor, ADL, LED, etc	On	4

: patients number; HY: Hoehn and Yahr stage; MDS-UPDRS: Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; ADL: activities of daily living scale; LED: levodopa equivalent dose; on: on medication state; off: off medication state. M-Jadad scale: modified Jadad scale.