Effects of action observation therapy on freezing of gait and functional mobility in patients with Parkinson's disease
- Conditions
- Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's disease
- Registration Number
- IRCT20230723058901N1
- Lead Sponsor
- THQ Civil Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 21
participants with clinical diagnosis of PD according to UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank criteria
Age between 50 to 80
In order to select PD subjects for those FoG severely impacted gait, patients were enrolled ifthe occurance of freezing was at least once a week (minimum score of 1 on item 2 in the new FoG Questionnaire (FoG-Q)) and the longest episodes was > 2 seconds (minimum score of 2 on item 4 of the FoG-Q
Hoehn & Yahr (H&Y) stage = 3
medical illnesses or substance abuse that could interfere with cognition; any (other) major systemic or neurological illness.
implantation for deep brain stimulation
cognitive impairment, in particular patients with a Minimental State Examination (MMSE)score < 24
visual or acoustic limitations
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Freezing of gait. Timepoint: at baseline week 6 and week 12. Method of measurement: FOG (freezing of gait questionnaire).;Functional Mobility. Timepoint: at baseline week 6 and week 12. Method of measurement: TUG (Time Up and Go test).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method