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Aquatic Therapy for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease Patients

NCT03015714 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-12-28

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Summary

Evaluation of the effectiveness of aquatic therapy for the treatment of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease patients undergoing a multidisciplinary and intensive rehabilitation treatment.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic
  • Gait Disorder, Sensorimotor

Interventions

OTHER

MIRT

MIRT consists of a 4-week rehabilitation program in a hospital setting, which entails four daily sessions of physical therapy for five days and one hour of physical exercise on the sixth day. On the seventh day the patient rests. The duration of each session, including recovery periods, is about one hour. The first session consists of a one-to-one session with a physical therapist. The second session includes aerobic exercises to improve balance and gait, using different devices: a stabilometric platform with visual cues, a treadmill plus and a cycloergometer. The third session consists of occupational therapy, the fourth one includes one hour of speech therapy.

OTHER

MIRT-AT

Patients in the MIRT-AT group will undergo the land-based therapy described in MIRT plus three sessions per week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) of aquatic therapy. On days of aquatic therapy the first session of MIRT was not provided. The aquatic therapy program included aerobic exercises and physical activities to improve balance, motor skills, coordination and joints mobility. The water sessions were divided into 3 phases: i) Warm Up Exercises, ii) Central session Training, iii) Cool-down.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giuseppe Frazzitta, MD · "Moriggia-Pelascini" Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

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