Effect of sensory motor training on the upper limb function of patients with Parkinson's disease
- Conditions
- Parkinson's disease.Extrapyramidal and movement disorders
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015020816830N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for research of Iran University of Medical Sciences,
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria:Having Parkinson's disease according to neurologist diagnosis; Having the disease progression level of 1 to 3 according to Hoehn and Yahr Scale; Having an acceptable level of cognitive function, i.e. score of more than 24 on the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE); To be eligible for sensory-motor retraining (Having the light touch sensation at the level of acceptable mono-filaments, i.e. 4.31 and above in the fingertips and no severe problems of proprioception and discrimination sensation); Not having orthopedic problems (neurologic damages, fracture, tendon injuries), rheumatologic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis), neurologic diseases (stroke, multiple sclerosis) and other diseases such as diabetes, hepatitis and burns; Having the ability to read and write.
Lack of patient cooperation during the test; Not return for the testing after the intervention; Entering to the nonpharmacologic on-off phase of the disease during the study according to neurologist diagnosis; Change in the pharmacologic regimen of the patient during the study; Inability to complete the activities of treatment interventions and progress to the harder levels of the intervention up to 70% of the protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Motor function of hand and upper extremity. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Box and Block, and Purdue Pegboard tests.;Extroceptive and proprioceptive sense of hand and upper extremity. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Weinsten Enhanced Sensory test, Properioception and Kinesthesia test, Wrist Position test.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Discrimative sense of hand and upper extremity. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: Two-point discrimination test, Haptic Recognition Object test,Hand Active Sensation test, Stregnosis test.