A School of Nursing study with a connection to the Human Sensorimotor Control Laboratory (HSCL) in the School of Kinesiology was featured in the Star Tribune today. Om Power: Minnesota study looking at yoga’s ability to offset Parkinson’s symptoms highlights a study being conducted by Corjena Cheung, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Nursing. Twenty subjects with Parkinson’s disease are participating in an experimental yoga class twice weekly to determine if the practice could be a successful therapy in dealing with symptoms of the disease.

The HSCL, directed by Juergen Konczak, Ph.D. performs the necessary movement assessments on all participants before the study began, and again at six weeks after completion of the yoga program. To understand if yoga is beneficial for patients with Parkinson’s disease, the participants are tested for joint range of motion and for postural stability when standing and walking. See this information sheet for more details.