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Effect of kinesio taping in Parkinson's disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's disease.
Registration Number
IRCT20191216045759N1
Lead Sponsor
The University of Lahore
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Idiopathic Parkinson’s disease clinically diagnosed by neurologist (according to the UK PDS Brain Bank criteria).
Both males and females; 50 - 80 years of age.
Modified Hoehn and Yahr stage 2.5 to 3
Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale III subscore ‘gait’ or ‘postural stability’ = 1
Receive a stable dopaminergic medication dose (both levo-dopa and/or a dopamine agonist are allowed) for one month before the study

Exclusion Criteria

A Mini Mental State Examination score < 24/30
Diagnosed with any other neurological disease other than PD
Patient underwent surgery i.e. deep brain stimulation and lesioning surgery (thalamotomy, pallidotomy, subthalamotomy)
Fixed vertebral deformities (ankylosing spondylitis, vertebral pathology such as fracture, spinal cord pathology such as syrinx, idiopathic or degenerative scoliosis).
Have severe cardiovascular or pulmonary problems
Have lower extremity disorders (e.g. deformities, fractures, rheumatologic disease and operations).
Visual or acoustic limitations
A major change in medicine existed during the training period
Any skin or allergic reaction to kinesio tape

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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