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Parkinson.org

The dog lovers among us have yet another reason to treasure their pups — namely, that service dogs may be able to make life easier for people living with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Service dogs can help with a number of PD symptoms from physical challenges such as balance to social and emotional issues as well.

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https://www.parkinson.org/blog/awareness/service-dogs

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MJ Fox

How Pets Help People with Parkinson's Disease

Service dogs trained to work with people with Parkinson's can help their owners maintain balance while walking, or alert a family member after a fall. They can also be trained to help people with Parkinson's move when experiencing gait freezing or stand up from a chair or after a fall.

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https://www.michaeljfox.org/news/how-pets-help-people-parkinsons-disease

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DPF

Service dogs are specifically trained to perform tasks to assist individuals living with physical challenges, including people with Parkinson’s. Service dogs help to improve their human companion’s independence and well-being, and studies show that the dogs provide a variety of benefits

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https://davisphinneyfoundation.org/helping-paw-for-parkinsons/

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NIH NCBI

Dog therapy and ownership were found to improve mood, quality of life, and disease symptoms across multiple neurological disorders. It also encouraged physical activity which was shown to help many diseases studied, even ones associated with skeletal muscle apoptosis, such as Huntington’s disease. Dog therapy and ownership are a safe and effective non pharmaceutical approach to treating chronic and progressive neurological disorders.

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336327/

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