MedTrace Logo

A Rehabilitative Approach in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

NCT02891473 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2017-07-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitative approach using breathing and relaxation techniques, and specifically the elongation of the latissimus dorsi muscle according to the Mézières Method to improve balance and posture and relief pain in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Mézières Method

10 sessions of rehabilitative treatment according to the Mézières Method, 2 sessions per week for 5 weeks, each lasting 1 hour.

OTHER

Home based exercise program

1 single training session lasting 1 hour for the explication of the rehabilitation program that the patient has to perform independently at home followed by 2 sessions of home based exercises per week for 5 weeks, each lasting 1 hour.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Roma La Sapienza

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Vincenzo Maria Saraceni · Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-09-30
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02891473 on ClinicalTrials.gov