Lifestyle interventions in Parkinson’s disease

By Dr David Blacker, Neurologist, Nedlands

Lifestyle interventions are increasingly recognised as critically important in symptom management and possibly disease modification for Parkinson’s disease (PD).

During the last year, several key publications have addressed this topic.

A Lancet Neurology review summarised the literature on physical activity, nutrition and stress. Exercise is regarded as the intervention most likely to be proven to have a beneficial impact on the course of PD....

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