None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aims of the current investigation were to assess the outcomes of an intensive burst of in-patient rehabilitation in ambulant people with mild-moderate PD and to compare the effects of movement strategy training and exercise therapy. It was hypothesised that movement strategy training would reduce disability to a greater extent than exercise therapy.
Interventions
Movement strategies - Participants randomized to the movement strategy training group learned how to use cognitive strategies to enhance walking, turning, standing up from a chair and obstacle negotiation as detailed in the protocol by Morris ME (2000) Physical Therapy 80(6); 578-97. A maximum of 16 sessions of up to 45 minutes of therapy is provided over a two week inpatient period (ie. 1 x 45 minutes session daily for 2 weeks).
Sponsors
Meg Morris
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Idiopathic Parkinson disease. Inpatient. Medically stable.
Exclusion criteria
Score less than 24 on Mini Mental Status Examination. Hoehn & Yahr Grades 1-4. Medically unstable.
Outcome results
None listed