The Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation in the Enhancement of Proprioceptive and Cognitive Aspects on Alzheimer Disease Patients
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Alzheimer's Type Dementia
- Sponsor
- Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
- Enrollment
- 135
- Primary Endpoint
- Cognitive Abilities Measurement
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This research study is developed on an experimental design with randomized controlled intervention were participated 135 subjects with AD including 45 of the control group. It lasted 6 months with pre-post tests (T0-T1) executed before and after six months of treatment. By having in focus the evaluation of GPR therapy effects on cognitive, proprioceptive, depressive, autonomy, gait and life quality of the above mentioned subjects.
Detailed Description
In order to assess the cognitive abilities of the patients a cognitive test was administered which acts through a scale concerning depression and mood evaluation as well as a questionnaire was developed aiming to evaluate the examined subjects' functional abilities: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Quality of Life in Alzheimer Disease (QoL-AD), geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Barthel Index (BI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Tinetti Scale (TS).
Investigators
Jasemin Todri
PhD Candidate in Health Science
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
- •Older than 40 years of age
- •Male and female
- •Intellectual disability
- •Cognitive impairment
- •Able to do daily activities on his own
- •No presence of any other neurological and psychological disease
- •No presence of brain tumors
Exclusion Criteria
- •No presence of Alzheimer's Disease
- •Under 40 years old
- •Presence of brain tumors
- •Neurological patients
- •Presence of psychiatric disease
- •Depression symptoms
- •Presence of neuromuscular disease
- •Aggressive patients
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Cognitive Abilities Measurement
Time Frame: Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month
The therapeutist provides the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale records. The evaluation consits in a 0-30 points-scale. Lower scores imply the severity of dementia.
Secondary Outcomes
- Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Questionnaire(Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month)
- Barthel Index (BI)(Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month)
- Quality of Life in Alzheimer's disease (QoL-AD) Questionnaire(Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month)
- Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)(Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month)
- Tinetti Scale (TS)(Change from baseline cognitive evaluation at 6'th month)