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Manual Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

NCT06853262 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-03-11

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Summary

An experimental study will be carried out to examine how a manual therapy protocol can influence a series of parameters related to motor and non-motor symptoms in patients who have Parkinson's disease / Parkinsonism.

To do this, an intervention will be carried out that will last a minimum of 6 weeks. In addition to their ongoing treatment, the study subjects will receive a maximum of 2 sessions of manual therapy each week. They will undergo a series of measurements both before and after the intervention related to gait, balance, non-motor symptoms, and some more specific parameters of gait.

The study's main objective is to obtain information about possible treatment models based on manual therapy for Parkinson's disease. It is also hoped to compile a series of results that will lead to conclusions and benefit the development of physiotherapy for this disease. It is also hoped that this will help those affected so that the treatment is as comprehensive as possible and that the physiotherapist can use as many tools as are available to them to address the pathology.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Manual Therapy Protocol

The techniques were divided into three main groups: first, those carried out in transverse planes, then carried out in a specific zone, and finally, those aimed at the course of the vagus nerve. The techniques are carried out by physiotherapists with more than 15 years of healthcare experience and trained in manual therapy with more than 10 years of experience in this field.

OTHER

Sham Manual Protocol

The Sham techniques were divided into three main groups: first, those carried out in transverse planes, then carried out in a specific zone, and finally, those aimed at the course of the vagus nerve. The Sham techniques are carried out by physiotherapists with more than 15 years of healthcare experience and trained in manual therapy with more than 10 years of experience in this field.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of La Laguna

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-04-01
Primary Completion
2026-06-30
Completion
2026-10-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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