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Stumble It!The University of Kansas Department for Continuing Education has earned a second national award for an exercise video called "Motivating Moves." The video is an exercise program to help people with Parkinson's disease better manage their symptoms and improve their breathing, balance and flexibility.
The video features KU dance professor Janet Hamburg, who has worked with people with the disease for 18 years and also designed "Motivating Moves."
"Don't worry about looking like anyone else," Hamburg says in the introduction of the video. "What's important is to pay attention to how your body feels."
Senior editor and producer at the University of Kansas Continuing Education, Jim Jewel, worked behind the cameras to help Hamburg's idea of having a specialized tape for Parkinson's patients come true.
"Knowing that the video is out there and in use and serving a need is recognition enough for me," Jewel said.
The 90-minute video contains graphics on how the body works during exercises. It also has four color-coded sections with an introduction, instructions, the exercise class and daily tips for living.
Assistant dean for Continuing Education, Jean Redeker, said she would like to see more research like the Parkinson's video.
"Our primary role Continuing Education is to support the research and teaching functions of the University and then bring then out, whether in Kansas or around the States and sometimes internationally," Redeker said. "So, we will continue to work with faculty to produce projects that are of high caliber and continue to submit those for awards. Not only to benefit the University, but also to benefit the populations that we're serving."
Research studies on the video have found doing "Motivating Moves" once a week for five weeks has brought about major improvements for patients.
