Effectiveness of kinesio taping in addition to routine physical therapy on balance, gait and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease

The University of Lahore0 个研究点目标入组 40 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•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

•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

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