The effect of vestibular exercises on fatigue in patients with parkinson’s disease

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Parkinson disease.; Parkinson disease

• Registration Number: IRCT201709123551N6
• Lead Sponsor: Vice chancellor for education and research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 22 February 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 28

Inclusion Criteria

The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease according to the neurologist; absence of severe visual and auditory disorders; lack of diabetes; osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, especially in the lower limbs; any other neurological disease including stroke; having a Parkinson level of 1 to 4 according to Hoehn and Yahr; all tests and evaluations are done in the phase of the drug (when the medication has most of its effects and symptoms associated with non-drug use have completely subsided), if consumed, it should be discontinued 24 hours before the videonistagmography test; The ability to walk with or without auxiliary equipment at least 100 meters in length; Having a cognitive level above 23 in the MMSE exam; Having fatigue with a mean score of 3.3 according to the Parkinson Fatigue Scale and lack of severe depression (score less than 29) based on the Beck depression inventory; Diagnosis of Central Vestibular Disorder by Audiologist by (VNG) Test Videonystagmography; Not having severe sleep disorder using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-P) score less than 5, and lack of stress and anxiety (score less than 78) by The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS)
Exclusion criteria: Failure to co-operate with the patient during tests and exercises; Failure to return a patient to perform second-stage tests after interventions; Patients undergoing a change in their diet

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parkinson Fatigue. Timepoint: before and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire (Parkinson Fatigue Scale).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Functional Independence. Timepoint: before and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire (Functional Independence Measure).