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Parkinson’s Training for Fitness and Movement Professionals Resources
Parkinson’s Training for Fitness and Movement Professionals
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Welcome
Course Overview
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Course Outline
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Pre-Program Learning Assessment
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Section 1 – Parkinson’s Disease Overview
Introduction and Motor Symptoms
Video - 8:46 mins
Non-Motor Symptoms
Video - 8:41 mins
Treatments
Video - 6:57 mins
Session 2 – Exercise and Fitness for Parkinson’s Disease
Introduction
Video - 7:07 mins
Benefits of Exercise for People with Parkinson's Disease
Video - 3:25 mins
Aerobic Exercise
Video - 6:24 mins
Strength Exercise
Video - 3:52 mins
Balance & Agility
Video - 3:19 mins
Flexibility Exercise
Video - 4:47 mins
Safety
Video - 8:01 mins
Program Implementation
Video - 6:50 mins
People with PD - Benefits of Group Exercise
Video - 1:39 mins
Group Exercise
Video - 7:45 mins
Group Exercise - Instructors
Video - 5:52 mins
Summary
Video - 2:40 mins
Group Instructors on Motivation
Video - 2:19 mins
Resources
Resources
Reading
Certification
Parkinson’s Training for Fitness and Movement Professionals Post-Test
Quiz
Course Evaluation
Video - 00:00:00 mins
Obtaining Your Certificate
Video - 00:00:00 mins
Announcements Live Classes Gradebook Certificate Course Info

Booklets and Fact Sheets 

•  APDA Be Active and Beyond
•  APDA Parkinson’s Disease Handbook
•  Fatigue in Parkinson’s (APDA)
•  Apathy in Parkinson’s Disease (APDA) 
•  Nutrition and Parkinson’s Disease
•  Medications Approved for Parkinson’s Disease
•  Medications to Be Avoided for Parkinson’s Disease
•  APDA Fact Sheets (English, Spanish and Chinese)

Webinars

•  Dr. Gilbert Hosts Webinar series:
  ○ Nutrition and PD
  ○ Exercise & Brain Health
  ○ Tips & Tricks from an Occupational Therapist

•  Let’s Keep Moving Webinar series:
  ○ Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Practical Ways to Increase Activity With PD
  ○ Let’s Keep Moving With APDA: Group Exercise & PD
  ○ Let’s Keep Moving: Optimizing Aerobic Exercise in Parkinson’s Disease 
  ○ PD Exercise Fundamentals: Let’s Keep Moving with APDA

Exercise videos

•  APDA Let’s Keep Moving series
•  APDA of Missouri Exercise Videos (includes kickboxing, seated, strength and cardio, tai chi, and yoga)

Clinical Practice Guideline Summaries

•  How to create a personalized exercise plan
•  Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease Clinical Practice Guideline 1-Page Summary
•  Aerobic exercise
•  Aerobic exercise pocket guide
•  Resistance training
•  Balance training
•  Flexibility training
•  Strategies for thawing freezing during walking
•  Spanish language resources

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