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Comparison of the effects of Mental Practice protocols for Functional Mobility and Risk of Falls in Parkinson's disease

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
C10.228.140.079.862.500
Registration Number
RBR-23nyf4
Lead Sponsor
niversidade Federal de Pernambuco
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

Patients with clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to Ordinance No. 228/2010 of the Ministry of Health of Brazil;
Both sexes;
Patients aged 18-80 years;
Stage 1 to 3 of Hoehn and Yahr's original scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Other neurological diseases; orthopedic, rheumatic and / or vascular pathology, with moderate or severe functional restriction in one or both lower limbs; uncontrolled hypertension and / or cardiac or respiratory disease that limits the execution of the protocol; with lowering of the cognitive level; with medical restriction to perform exercises; unable to perform the motor imagination, in physical therapy or occupational therapy for 3 months or more; with moderate to severe depression; with visual and auditory deficits that do not guarantee a good participation in the protocol; after deep brain stimulation surgery; with vestibular alterations; with lack of sensitivity in the lower limbs; users of orthosis for lower limbs; User of prosthetics; with edemas in the lower limbs and amputees

Study & Design

Study Type
Intervention
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Improvement in gait, evaluated by the 10-meter walk test, with a reduction of at least 10% in the number of steps, 5% reduction in cadence and a 10% increase in walking speed. Data collected 1 day before the intervention and 1 day after the intervention.<br><br><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
5% reduction in fear of falls, measured by the history of falls questionnaire, data collected 1 day before the intervention and 1 day after the intervention
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