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The effect of vestibular exercises on fatigue in patients with parkinson’s disease

The effect of vestibular exercises on fatigue in patients with parkinson’s disease

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
IRCT
Registry ID
IRCT201709123551N6
Enrollment
28
Registered
2017-09-28
Start date
2017-08-23
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2018-02-22

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Parkinson disease. Parkinson disease

Interventions

Intervention 1: Control group: muscle stretching+ fatigue management. Intervention 2: Intervention group: muscle stretching+ fatigue management + vestibular exercises.
Rehabilitation
Control group: muscle stretching+ fatigue management
Intervention group: muscle stretching+ fatigue management + vestibular exercises

Sponsors

Vice chancellor for education and research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease according to the neurologist; absence of severe visual and auditory disorders; lack of diabetes; osteoarthritis and osteoporosis, especially in the lower limbs; any other neurological disease including stroke; having a Parkinson level of 1 to 4 according to Hoehn and Yahr; all tests and evaluations are done in the phase of the drug (when the medication has most of its effects and symptoms associated with non-drug use have completely subsided), if consumed, it should be discontinued 24 hours before the videonistagmography test; The ability to walk with or without auxiliary equipment at least 100 meters in length; Having a cognitive level above 23 in the MMSE exam; Having fatigue with a mean score of 3.3 according to the Parkinson Fatigue Scale and lack of severe depression (score less than 29) based on the Beck depression inventory; Diagnosis of Central Vestibular Disorder by Audiologist by (VNG) Test Videonystagmography; Not having severe sleep disorder using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI-P) score less than 5, and lack of stress and anxiety (score less than 78) by The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS) Exclusion criteria: Failure to co-operate with the patient during tests and exercises; Failure to return a patient to perform second-stage tests after interventions; Patients undergoing a change in their diet

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Parkinson Fatigue. Timepoint: before and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire (Parkinson Fatigue Scale).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Functional Independence. Timepoint: before and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Questionnaire (Functional Independence Measure).

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactParvin Raji

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

praji@tums.ac.ir+98 21 7753 3939

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 13, 2026