Effect of the transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) associated with Physical Therapy on freezing of gait and functionality after Parkinson’s disease.

niversidade Federal do Espírito Santo0 个研究点开始时间: 2019年9月23日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

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•Participants will be individuals with Parkinson’s Disease, who will be eligible, if they: are over 40 years of age; are able to walk at least 14 meters, independently, with or without assistive devices; walk at speeds lower than 1.1 m/s; have experienced freezing episodes over the past month, according to the Part I of the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (Nieuwboer et al 2009); have adapted to their current anti-Parkinsonian medication for at least 2 weeks; provide written consent.

•They will be excluded, if they: have cognitive deficits, which will be screened by the Mini-Mental State Examination. The cut-off scores are 26 for people with high levels of education, 18 for people with elementary and middle levels, and 13 for illiterate people (Bertolucci et al 1994);suffer from unstable cardiovascular disease or other uncontrolled chronic conditions that would interfere with the safety and conduct of the training and testing protocol or interpretation of the results; over 100 years of age.

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niversidade Federal do Espírito Santo