Effects of an activity-oriented physiotherapy exercise programme with and without eye movement training on dynamic balance and fall risk in people with Parkinson’s disease: a randomised controlled pilot trial

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Secondary study: No health problem; experts from the professional groups of physicians, therapy managers and physiotherapists will be interviewed.; G20; Parkinson disease

• Registration Number: DRKS00024982
• Lead Sponsor: Karl Landsteiner Institut für interdisziplinäre Rehabilitationsforschung, Reha Zentrum Münster

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-08
• Study Completion: 2023-09-26
• Results First Posted: 2024-06-14
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 37

Inclusion Criteria

Males and females with idiopathic Parkinson’s syndrome according to the UK Brain Bank criteria (Hughes et al., 1992), Hoehn & Yahr stage 1-3 with ON medication (Hoehn and Yahr, 1967), age 30-80 years, any ethnicity, ability to walk without assistance, Mini-Mental-Status-Test (MMST) = 24/30 (Tombaugh and McIntyre, 1992), stable dose of dopaminergic therapy for a minimum of 3 weeks prior to study entry or being without dopaminergic therapy for the study duration, German speaking and writing.

Secondary study: Experts from the professional groups of physicians, therapy managers and physiotherapists with a recognised professional qualification, fluent in the German language.

Exclusion Criteria

Concomitant diseases (e.g., malignant diseases, other neurological, orthopaedic, cardial or psychiatric disorders, major depression, dementia), photosensitivity, non-parkinsonistic gait disorder (e.g., due to musculoskeletal symptoms), recent surgery (general and eye surgery), intraocular implants, strabismus, nystagmus, severe drooping eyelids, untreated pain, uncorrected visual or hearing impairment, which may be a barrier to the training or assessments, pregnancy, recent deep brain stimulation (DBS) or a change in DBS parameters within the previous year, severe motor fluctuations, initiation of a new dopaminergic medication or adjustment thereof within the study period is not planned; as this is a study in a real-life setting the principle investigator may decide whether an adjustment is necessary however.

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified