Exercise decreases tremors and improve hand function in Parkinsons patients
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G20- Parkinsons disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/08/056763
- Lead Sponsor
- agarjuna Narayanasetti
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Diagnosed as Primary Parkinson’s Disease by Neurologist and fulfilled UK Parkinson’s Disease Society Brain Bank clinical Diagnostic Criteria (Hughes et al., 1992)
Hoehn and Yahr scale Stage III-IV of Parkinson’s with Tremors dominating
•UPDRS III Motor task 21 (Action or Postural tremor of hand) score of 2 or 3 (Mild to moderate
Medically stable and taking prescribed medication
Agrees to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
Secondary Parkinson’s syndrome, Parkinson’s Plus syndrome patients
With other severe co-morbidities like lung, heart, kidney , liver, dysfunction, or cancer.
Patients with serious mental illness or dementia.
Patients with cognitive impairments.
PD patients without tremors.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fahn’s Tremor Rating Scale (by blinding of outcome assessor) & <br/ ><br>Bain & Findley Tremor ADL Scale <br/ ><br>9 Hole peg test <br/ ><br>Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS), Part I – intellectual impairment, Part II – activities of daily living, Part III – motor examination <br/ ><br>Behavioral Relaxation Scale (BRS)Timepoint: 6 Weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Behavioral Relaxation ScaleTimepoint: After every session