Parkinson's disease
Conditions
Interventions
Balance function training group:Balance function training
Sponsors
Shanghai Tongji Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: UK Parkinson's disease society brain bank diagnostic criteria. Eligibility criteria: 1. a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinsons disease; 2. The Hoehn and Yahr scale I-IV; 3. score for the motor section of the Unified Parkinsons Disease at least 2; 4. stable medication use of kind, dosage and administration for PD; 5. ability to stand unaided and walk with or without an assistive device; 6. willingness to be assigned to any of the two interventions; 7. with a fixed daily life caregiver during the study period; the patient and his/her relatives voluntarily join this study with informed consents.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Participanting in any other program; 2) Mini–Mental State examination score lower than 17; 3) debilitating conditions or vision impairment that would impede full participation in the study; 4) balance disorder caused by hip and knee joints diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Maximum excursion and directional control measured; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The change of stride length and walking velocity;Berg Balance Scale, Tinetti POMA;time up-go test;ABC Scale;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;Constipation severity instrume; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLingjing Jin
Shanghai Tongji Hospital
Outcome results
None listed