The Efficiency of Home Based Dual Task Training in Parkinson Disease

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of dual task home based exercise program on balance, gait and cognitive functions. The study is planned to include 60 patients with Parkinson's disease, whose levels are 1-3 according to the Hoehn-Yahr scale and will be admitted to Istanbul University Capa Medical Faculty Neurology Department Movement and Behavior Disorders Unit between June 2019 and February 2020. The aim of the study, duration, possible side effects of treatment will be given to the volunteers to participate in the study. The "Informed Consent Form am prepared in accordance with the standards determined by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine will be approved and the study will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria of the study will be included in the study and will be randomized into two groups. Both groups will be given information with brochures containing the importance of exercise in Parkinson's disease and will be given DVD copies with weekly recordings. The time and activity schedule created at the end of the brochures will be required to record daily home exercises of the patients. In the balance exercises group; static, dynamic and functional balance exercise packages will be taught in Parkinson 's disease. In the dual task based balance exercises group; motor or cognitive dual task training will be combined these static dynamic and functional balance exercises. In both groups, exercises will be performed 3 days a week for 8 weeks.