Comparing models of physiotherapy service delivery in Parkinson's disease: A feasibility study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parkinson's disease; Neurological - Parkinson's disease; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000503325
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Sydney

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-04-06
• Study Completion: 2019-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 3 March 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 41

Inclusion Criteria

Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
Living in the community (Canberra and surrounding regions)
Stable medications for at least 2 weeks prior to baseline assessment

Exclusion Criteria

Mini Mental State Examination of less than 24.
A medical condition which will prevent participants from completing a physiotherapy exercise program three times a week.
Are currently attending the PD exercise classes at the University of Canberra
Have attended the PD exercise classes at the University of Canberra in the last 12 weeks.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of Recruitment, assessed by the evaluation of :<br> Number of participants screened<br> Number eligible for inclusion <br> Number who consent to participate<br><br>[End of study];Feasibility of the Intervention, assessed by the evaluation of:<br> Time taken to develop physiotherapy programs using PhysioTherpay eXercises.<br> Adherence of participants to the program including: number of sessions completed and number of exercises completed per session<br> Adverse events e.g number of falls and injuries sustained when performing exercises<br><br><br>[After completion of the 10 week intervention]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Balance assessed using the MiniBEST test[At base line and on completion of the 10 week intervention];Walking speed - 10m walk test[At base line and on completion of the 10 week intervention];Freezing of gait as assessed using the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire[At base line and on completion of the 10 week intervention];Participants’ satisfaction with the delivery of the exercise program. This will be evaluated using a participant questionnaire specifically designed for this study.[At the end of week 5 and on completion of the 10 week intervention.];Participants’ experience of taking part in either a predominately group based or a predominately home based exercise program, and the acceptability of the programs.[On completion of the 10 week intervention ]