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The Relationship of Trunk Position Sense and Spinal Posture With Balance in Parkinson's

NCT05233943 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2022-07-11

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Summary

The 4 main motor symptoms seen in Parkinson's patients are tremor, rigidity, postural instability and bradykinesia. In addition to these, another common symptom investigators encounter is balance problems. Increasing balance problems can lead to falls and fractures over time, which will further reduce the independence of Parkinson's patients who are not already active enough and reduce their quality of life. For these reasons, it is very important that balance is achieved and sustainable. It has been found in previous studies that spinal posture and body position sensation are affected in Parkinson's patients. But to our knowledge, no study has been found in the literature to address the effect these have had on balance function. In our planned study, investigators aim to investigate the effects of spinal posture and body position sensation on balance function.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Postural Kyphosis, Lumbosacral Region
  • Postural Kyphosis
  • Postural Lordosis, Lumbosacral Region
  • Balance; Distorted

Interventions

DEVICE

Spinal Mouse and Digital Inclinometer

The spinal mouse device is non-invasive and does not have any danger. The posture is evaluated by moving from top to bottom on the spine of the person. Data on the device is transferred to the computer via Bluetooth. The person's posture is evaluated in the sagittal plane by making maximum flexion, neutral stance and maximum extension positions, and in the frontal plane by lateral flexion to the right and left. Digital Inclinometer; It is a non-invasive measurement tool that investigators measure the position sense of the body, which has two parts, one fixed and one movable. The immobile part of the digital inclinometer is placed at the sacrum and the movable part is placed at the T4 spine level. The person is made 30 degrees of trunk flexion. Then, he is expected to perform 5 repetitions of 30 degrees of trunk flexion with his eyes closed. Deviation angles are recorded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gulhane School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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