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CLINICAL TRIAL article

Front. Neurol.
Sec. Neurorehabilitation
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1465848

Influence of strength and power training on the rate of force development, peak force and functional mobility in elderly people with Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial

Provisionally accepted
Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe 1,2*Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada Patrícia de Aguiar Yamada 1Tamires Meneghetti Tamires Meneghetti 2Flávia Roberta Faganello Navega Flávia Roberta Faganello Navega 3
  • 1 São Paulo State University, Campus Rio Claro, Rio Claro, Brazil
  • 2 Faculdade Anhanguera de Jundiaí, Jundiaí - SP, Brazil
  • 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista, Marília, Brazil

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    Objective: To analyze the influence of lower limb muscle strength and muscle power training on rate of force development (RFD) and peak force (PF) in elderly people with Parkinson's disease (PD), as well as the effect of these training sessions influence on the functional mobility (FM) of this population. Methods: This was a randomized controlled clinical trial and registered on the virtual platform for registration of experimental and non-experimental studies "Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos (ReBEC)". Thirty four elderly people of both genders without and with PD were divided into four groups: strength training control (GSC, n = 8); potency training control (GPC), n = 9; subjects with PD submitted to strength training (GSPD, n = 8); subjects with PD submitted to potency training (GPPD, n = 9). GSC and GPC consisted of with no history of neurological diseases. PF and RFD in the first 50 and 200 milliseconds (ms) were determined. FM was also assessed using the following tests: gait speed test (GS), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS); parallel feet on a force platform. Next, the participants underwent lower limbs muscle strength or muscle power training for eight consecutive weeks twice a week and were then re-evaluated. Results: The repeated measures ANOVA test showed a significant difference for PF, RFD and FM regardless of training type. Conclusion: The proposed muscle strength and muscle power training protocols influenced the increase in RFD, PF and FM of all participants; however, the increase in RFD in the first 200 ms was more pronounced in the groups submitted to power training and the increase in PF was more pronounced in the groups submitted to strength training.

    Keywords: Elderly people1, Parkinson's disease2, Muscle strength3, muscle power4, lower limb5

    Received: 07 Aug 2024; Accepted: 02 Jan 2025.

    Copyright: © 2025 Amaral Felipe, Yamada, Meneghetti and Faganello Navega. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Késia Maísa do Amaral Felipe, São Paulo State University, Campus Rio Claro, Rio Claro, Brazil

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