Effects of Transcranial Stimulation and balance training in individuals with Parkinson: a randomized clinical trial
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Postural balance.
- Registration Number
- RBR-52y3zgd
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Amazonas
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Individuals of both sexes, regardless of age, with a clinical diagnosis of PD, rated 3 or 4 on the Hoehn & Yahr scale, and who agreed to participate in the study by giving consent, were included.
Exclusion Criteria
Individuals with other neurological disorders other than PD and with cognitive deficits that prevented them from performing the assessments were not included, and individuals with scores lower than 8 on the 10 Point Cognitive Screener (10-CS) were not included. Individuals who were undergoing Physiotherapeutic care, who had undergone Physiotherapy for less than 1 month, or who had a Deep Brain Stimulation device (DBS) were also not included.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluate postural control using the Mini balance evaluation systems test (MiniBEST) scale, with an improvement of 3.4 points in the test being considered a minimally significant clinical difference. The hypothesis is that both groups can improve, however, that the experimental group has better improvement than the placebo group due to the addition of tDCS.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluate gait through the 10-meter Walk Test, considering a minimum detectable change of 0.18 m/s. The hypothesis is that both groups can improve, however, that the experimental group has better improvement than the placebo group due to the addition of tDCS.