Effect of Multimodal Exercise Training on Walking Economy in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

Locomotor training sessions use various movement drills emphasizing power, stability, and stepping in a specific direction: forward, backward, lateral, rotational. Sessions also have an additional focus on gait initiation or steady-state walking. After circuit-style warm up exercises, participants perform overground movement drills that are specific to the emphasis of the individual training session, culminating in practicing everyday overground walking. Participants wear a heart rate monitor to ensure that the majority of the training session is performed at an aerobic intensity greater than 60% age predicted heart rate maximum (220-age +/- 5 bpm).