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Hand Rehab Using AMADEO in PD Patients

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Interventions
Other: OT Training
Device: AMADEO
Other: Training
Registration Number
NCT04045080
Lead Sponsor
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"
Brief Summary

Hand movements are particularly impaired in Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients contributing to functional disability and difficulties in activities of daily living. AMADEO®. is an end-effector system enables intensive training with frequently repeated gripping movements. It offers the possibility to select from between passive, assistive and active modes using exercise of finger strength, finger movement, movement control and a selective activation of the fingers.Aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the end-effector finger system, AMADEO®, on hand-finger movements in PD patients evaluating the improvement on finger tapping and agility of hand movement item scores on the MDS-UPDRS, variation on the active finger strengths and the active and passive Range of Motion (ROM); variation on Electromyographic (EMG)-parameters.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
AMADEO TrainingTrainingTwenty PD patients with hand bradykinesia will be treated with the AMADEO® system. They will undergo 15 training sessions, 5 a week for 3 weeks, each session lasting about 60 minutes. During each session, both the hands will be treated using the endeffector in its active and active-assisted modality.
OT trainingOT TrainingTwenty control subjects (PD patients) will be treated with traditional rehabilitation focused on fine hand-finger movement skills. The patients in this group will undergo the same amount of treatment. Both the groups will be trained with conventional physiotherapy concerning postural, balance and gait.
AMADEO TrainingAMADEOTwenty PD patients with hand bradykinesia will be treated with the AMADEO® system. They will undergo 15 training sessions, 5 a week for 3 weeks, each session lasting about 60 minutes. During each session, both the hands will be treated using the endeffector in its active and active-assisted modality.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Nine hole peg test1 month

9HPT is used to measure finger dexterity in patients with various neurological diagnoses

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Bipolar surface electromyography1 month

EMG will be recorded from the first dorsal interossieous (FDI) and extensor digitorum communis (EDC) muscles.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"

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Messina, Italy

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