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Functional Improvement in Patients With Parkinson's Disease After Training in Real or Virtual Environment

NCT01580787 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2012-04-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The objective of this work was to compare the effects of two balance training programs, one Nintendo Wii Fit-based and the other traditionally-based without the use of a gaming system, on the balance, functionality and cognition of patients with Parkinson´s disease. It was a prospective, single blinded, randomized clinical trial performed at Brazil Parkinson Association and Center of Research of the courses of Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy of São Paulo University. 32 patients with Parkinson´s disease on stages 1 and 2,5 of Hoehn e Yahr participated of this work. Patients were randomized in control and experimental group, 16 each one.

The study was finished at december 2011.

Conditions

  • Parkinson´s Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Balance Training with Nintendo Wii Fit

The participants of the study trained 10 balance games during 14 sessions.

OTHER

Physical Therapy

Patients of the control group was trained with balance exercises.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sao Camilo University Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • José E Pompeu, PhD · Sao Camilo University Center

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2012-04-30

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