Boxing classes help people with Parkinson’s fight back

The Globe and Mail featured research by Matthew Sacheli, a UBC neuroscientist and PhD student.

By looking into how the brain changes when people work out, we can learn how exercise can be therapeutic for people with Parkinson’s.

“We see it quite commonly in our clinic, so a lot of the patients who exercise do best clinically – they are on less medication, or have better outcomes in the long run,” Sacheli said.