Parkinson's disease. Extrapyramidal and movement disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: receives 10 sessions of sensory-motor training (5 sessions per week, 3 to 5 hours per session). Intervention 2: Control group: does not receive this training.
Rehabilitation
Intervention group: receives 10 sessions of sensory-motor training (5 sessions per week, 3 to 5 hours per session).
Control group: does not receive this training.
Sponsors
Vice Chancellor for research of Iran University of Medical Sciences,
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
55 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 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. Exclusion Criteria: 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
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 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. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactGhorban Taghizadeh
Iran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed