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Rehabilitation of Postural Abnormalities in Parkinson's Disease

NCT03741959 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2018-11-15

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Summary

Postural abnormalities (PA) are drug refractory complications in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) leading to pain, imbalance, gait disorders and fall-related injuries. It ultimately affects the quality of life and the hospitalisation risk. the literature on treatment outcomes is scant. Rehabilitation is the cornerstone in the management of PD patients, especially for drug-refractory complications. However, the current efforts are only partially able to resolve PA in PD. Despite differences in methodologies, the few rehabilitative studies support the benefits of trunk rehabilitation in PD with PA. Priorities for future research include well-design rehabilitation studies on a large population. The early detection and early rehabilitation of PA might avoid fixed irreversible deformities and reduce the complications that can accompany them. It ultimately might improve the quality of life, reduce the risk of fall-related injuries and hospitalisation rate. A single-blind single-blind Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) will evaluate the effects of trunk rehabilitation on PA severity, function and disability in outpatients with Parkinson Disease and postural abnormalities.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Experimental group

Active self-correction exercises (20 minutes) to achieve the best possible trunk alignment the patient can achieve in the three-dimensional planes using visual, proprioceptive and EMG feedbacks. Passive and active trunk stabilization exercises (20 minutes) to improve trunk biomechanical constraint Functional tasks (20 minutes) defined as functional exercises to train the automatic response to maintain the best alignment through the broadest possible range of challenging activities (Romano2015).

PROCEDURE

Control group

Training consisted of passive and active trunk mobilization (10 minutes) followed by muscle stretching, and strengthening exercises, and gait training (50 minutes)(Bartolo et. al., 2010).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universita di Verona

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Michele Tinazzi, PhD · Universita di Verona

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-01
Completion
2018-11-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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