Pilates exercises to improve the balance of patients with Parkinson's disease
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Parkinson's disease
- Registration Number
- RBR-477y7q
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade de Fortaleza
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruitment completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Volunteers with confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease; which are clinically stable through drug therapy; who can wander without help from a caregiver; with score <3 on the Hoehn & Yahr Scale; who may attend Pilates services; older than 39 years;
Exclusion Criteria
Volunteers who present with another neurological disease that compromises the evaluation of balance, such as orthopedic diseases, severe labyrinth diseases, among others; who have more than two absences to attend to Pilates; to abandon the program for some reason; who were performing some regular physical activity or physical therapy; that present some limitation and/or contraindication to perform physical activity at the moment;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome: A satisfactory response is expected to improve balance and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease, as these variables are described in many studies that address the Pilates Method.<br><br>Parameters: Hoehn & Yahr scale, Schwab and England scale, Performance-Oriented Mobility Scale (POMA), Timed Up and Go (TUG), Functional Reach Test (FRT), Unified Parkinson's Disease Assessment Scale (UPDRS- III), Parkinson's Activity Scale (PAS) and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome: as it is an intervention involving a means of physical conditioning, it is assumed that with the cessation of the activity the benefits involving the practice decrease after a few months