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The Effect of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Exercises in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Investigation of the Effect of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Spinal Posture, Cervical Proprioception and Postural Instability in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03854747
Enrollment
18
Registered
2019-02-26
Start date
2019-03-04
Completion date
2019-08-02
Last updated
2021-10-26

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Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Brief summary

Parkinson's disease (PH); it occurs due to dopamine deficiency due to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in a degenerative process in the substantia nigra found in the middle brain; resting tremor, bradykinesia, trunk and extremities rigidity, mask facial and postural instability characterized by a neurodegenerative disease. These findings are basic and also motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Non-motor symptoms include many problems ranging from autonomic dysfunction to sensory symptoms. Treatment of Parkinson's disease requires a multidisciplinary approach such as medical treatment, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, surgical treatment. Physiotherapy programs applied to patients with Parkinson's disease include classical physiotherapy methods and neurophysiological based methods. Spinal stabilization is an important concept for proper control of body balance and extremity movements. Spinal stabilization training was based on biomechanics, neurophysiology and physiotherapy research. Stabilization exercises, which form the basis of spinal stabilization training, increase the strength and endurance of the postural and stabilizing muscles using the basic principles of motor learning and improve stability control in stable and unstable positions, provides postural smoothness. The cervical region is one of the most affected regions of the musculoskeletal system due to the intensive proprioceptors. Although studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of spinal stabilization exercises in Parkinson's patients, there is no study on the effect of cervical region stabilization exercises in the literature despite these important connections of the cervical region. For these reasons, this study is planned to investigate the effects of cervical spinal stabilization exercises on spinal posture, cervical proprioception and postural instability in Parkinson's patients. Hypothesis 1: When cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program in Parkinson's patients, it will be more effective in correcting spinal posture. Hypothesis 2: When cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program in Parkinson's patients, cervical proprioception will develop better. Hypothesis 3: In the case of Parkinson's patients, when the cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program, postural stability may be more pronounced.

Interventions

The cervical region is one of the most affected regions of the musculoskeletal system due to the intensive proprioceptors. Studies have shown that many position sense proprioceptors are over the deep group cervical muscles such as longus colitis and longus capitis. The deep group cervical muscles, which perform a dynamic ligament function, have an important role in maintaining the stability of the spine as well as the proprioceptive sense. In particular, proprioceptive receptors, which are commonly found in the deep suboccipital muscles; There are cervical and reflex connections with vestibular, visual and postural control systems.

Sponsors

BElibol
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
NKöse
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
GYÇakmaklı
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
SAksoy
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
RGöçmen
CollaboratorUNKNOWN
Hacettepe University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease, * Having planned a traditional physiotherapy program for Parkinson's disease and referring to Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, * 40 to 80 years old, * According to Hoehn-Yahr scale to be in stage 2 or 3, * Having scored 30 points above the posture evaluation * Postural disorder in the femoral region, but the absence of structural disorder (congenital spinal deformities in medical evaluations prior to the study, structural disorders caused by other diseases should be determined that the spine does not have problems), * 26 points higher than the mini-mental test, * Disease duration is 3 years and above, * The absence of any other neurological disease other than vestibular and / or Parkinson's, which may affect muscle strength, balance and coordination, * Spinal colon and lower extremity musculoskeletal system, which may affect the stabilization of any surgery has been identified as.

Exclusion criteria

* Volunteers who do not comply with the inclusion criteria will not be included in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Static Posturographybaseline to 8 week afterbalance measurement (Number of Participants estimated 20 individuals)
X-Ray Measurebaseline to 8 week afterscoliosis graphy
Bubble Inclinometerbaseline to 8 week aftermeasurement of spine curvature angle (Number of Participants estimated 20 individuals)
Scoliometerbaseline to 8 week aftermeasurement of spine curvature angle
UPDRSbaseline to 8 week afterUnified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. There are 4 sub-parameters. 1. mental status, behavior and mental state 2. daily life activities 3. motor inspection 4. treatment complications. mental status, behavior and mental state total 16 points, daily activity total 52 points, Motor parameter total 92 points, treatment complications total 23 points. Total maximum 183 points. the total score is calculated by adding all sub-parameter scores. low value is good, high value is a symptom of bad result.
Berg Balance Scalebaseline to 8 week afterbalance measurement. It is a 14-item balance scale. The range of points is between 0 and 56. The total score is calculated by summing the points of each item. high score good balance, low score indicates bad balance.
Posture Analysebaseline to 8 week afteris a scale that evaluates the participant's 13 different regions from posterior and lateral to postural disorder. the scoring of each region is 1-3-5. if normal is 5 points, moderate level is 3 points, if there is any advanced disorder 1 point is given. the total score is determined by summing all the values. total maximum 65, minimum 13 points. high score good posture, low score indicates bad posture
Cervical Proprioceptionbaseline to 8 week afterA tool used to evaluate the sense of proprioception in the cervical region of the participants with the Cervical Range of Measure(CROM) device
Visual Analog Scalebaseline to 8 week afterVisual Analog Scala. Numerical rating scale of pain intensity. 0 to 10 is a scale with a rating. 0 points no pain 10 points is a scale with very severe pain. the participant is asked to say a value in this range according to the severity of pain.
10 meter walk testbaseline to 8 week afterwalking speed calculation
Timed Get up and Walk Testbaseline to 8 week afterwalking time and cadence calculation
Cervical Ventral Endurance Evaluationbaseline to 8 week afterEndurance evaluation will be done to deep cervical flexor extensor muscles
Muscle Strength Assessmentbaseline to 8 week afterevaluation of the strength of the muscles in the cervical region and shoulder circumference
Evaluation of Muscle Shortnessbaseline to 8 week aftermeasurement of shortness of some muscles in upper extremity and lower extremity with goniometer and tape measure
Normal Joint Movement Assessmentbaseline to 8 week aftermeasurement of normal range of motion
Short Form-36baseline to 8 week afterSF-36 (Short Form 36). Quality of life survey. examines 8 dimensions of health with 36 items. physical function, social function, role restrictions, mental health, vitality, pain and general health. The scores of each parameter are between 0 and 100. 0 bad, 100 good results. is calculated by taking the values of the sub-parameters.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 8, 2026