2023-05-17 20:00:50
To reach this conclusion, the scientists observed “the impact of physical activity on the development of the disease in nearly 100,000 women”, and this for 29 years, they explain. For nearly three decades, these women filled out an individual questionnaire on a regular basis to assess their rate of physical activity. Within the cohort, 1,200 women had developed Parkinson’s disease in 2018. The researchers then compared the level of physical activity among those who fell ill, and the rest of the group.
They concluded that “participants with the disease were generally less active than the others throughout the follow-up, including more than 20 years before the diagnosis”. “This gap between sick and non-sick women increased further in the ten years preceding the diagnosis”, continue the researchers. A finding that “suggests that precursor symptoms occurring in this interval may be responsible for decreased physical activity in women who will develop the disease but have not yet been diagnosed”.
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