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A total of 17 patients with PD participated and wererandomly allocated into an exercise group (n = 10) or a control group (n = 7). Participants in the exercise group completed the exercise program in 60- to 90-min sessions for three days per week. Primary and secondary outcome measures included the trunk mobility scale, functional fitness test, standing balance, and sit-to-walk test. Results: The exercise group showed improvements in functional fitness, trunk mobility, standing balance, and dynamic stability compared with the control group (all p &lt; 0.05). The 2.44 m timed up and go test (odds ratio (OR): 0.125) and the 2 min step test (OR: 10.584) of the functional fitness test, and the first-step length (OR: 3.558) and first-toe clearance height (OR: 4.777) of the sit-to-walk test, were different between the groups following the exercise program. Conclusion: This 12-week exercise program improved fall-related factors in patients with PD and may lead to prevention of fall-related injuries.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20154106","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,23]],"date-time":"2020-07-23T11:26:01Z","timestamp":1595503561000},"page":"4106","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Impact of Trunk Resistance and Stretching Exercise on Fall-Related Factors in Patients with Parkinson\u2019s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7574-5259","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Changhong","family":"Youm","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Care and Science, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"},{"name":"Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"}]},{"given":"Youkyung","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6292-6189","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Byungjoo","family":"Noh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Care and Science, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8546-5613","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Myeounggon","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"}]},{"given":"Jinhee","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Biomechanics Laboratory, College of Health Sciences, Dong-A University, Saha-gu, Busan 49315, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5905-2188","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sang-Myung","family":"Cheon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Dong-A University, Dongdaesin-dong 3-ga, Seo-gu, Busan 49201, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"504","article-title":"Parkinson\u2019s disease and its management: Part 1: Disease entity, risk factors, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and diagnosis","volume":"40","author":"DeMaagd","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pharm. 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