Effects of physiotherapy followed by the motor imagery on the mobility of patients with Parkinson's disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Parkinson's disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-8m6dt4
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal de Pernambuco
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Patients with clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease; aged between 45 and 75 years; of both sexes; in stage 1-3 of the Hoehn and Yahr scale (HY); they are research volunteers.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with other neurological diseases; patients reporting uncompensated systemic diseases (untreated), such as hypertension; with compromised cognitive level assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); unsatisfactory motor imagination assessed by questionnaire Visual Imagery and Kinesthetic (KVIQ-20); in physical therapy service for 3 months or more.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Statistically significant reduction in average time of completion of the timed up group Go mental practice test compared with the control group.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the scales (evaluation freezing while driving, fatigue and quality of life) of the mental practice and control group, indicating better results than mental practice group.