Upper Limb Rehabilitation Using Armeo Spring in Patients With Parkinson's Disease.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"
- Enrollment
- 30
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- UPDRS rating scale- Section III
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
It has been shown that robot-assisted therapy may be considered an effective and reliable method for the delivery of highly repetitive training useful to boost neuroplasticity. Thus, an early, intensive, repetitive and task oriented training could be an ideal strategy to facilitate relearning of motor function and to improve motor function. The ARMEO-S® is a specific upper limb electromedical device mainly used to reduce spasticity and improve muscle force. To date robotic upper limb training has been applied only in patiebts with brain injury and spinal cord lesions.
Aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of ARMEO-S in improving upper limb agility in a sample of PD patients, as compared to traditional physiotherapy.
Investigators
Rocco Salvatore Calabrò
Professor
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Idiopathic PD diagnosed according to the UK BRAIN BANK criteria
- •Hoehn-Yahr stage 2- 3
- •MMSE score ≥ 23
Exclusion Criteria
- •Severe Dyskinesia
- •On-Off Motor fluctuations
- •History of stereotaxic brain surgery for PD;
- •Changes in dopamine therapy dose in any time within 3 months prior to baseline;
- •Any other medical that may compromise the patient's participation in this study such as history of ostheoarthritis or neuropathies.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
UPDRS rating scale- Section III
Time Frame: 2 months
To assess whether PD patients may got better results in the motor part of the UPDRS after the UL training
Nine hole peg test
Time Frame: 2 months
To evaluate if the patients will get better dexterity after the robotic training
Secondary Outcomes
- Upper Limb Fugl-Mayer(2 months)