Parkinson Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Parkinson disease, Essential tremor, Neuromuscular Therapy, Massage, Manual Therapy, Neurodynamic
Brief summary
The objective of this study is to assess if the masotherapy with neural tension is more effective than non-neural tension to improve and reduce tremor in patients with Parkinson's disease. The project will be carried out in clinics, where both data collection, assessments and scales will be carried out, as well as the plan and intervention in which the neural tension massage therapy of the radial nerve will be applied to the first intervention group; and massage therapy without neural tension in the second group.
Detailed description
In this study the investigators are going to compare the effectiveness of two treatments (masotherapy with neural tension and masotherapy with non-neural tension) in patients with Parkinson disease based on the improved of pain, tremor, functional and life quality. The investigators are going to divide the number of volunteers in two groups. The first group is going to be treated during 8 weeks with conventional (non-neural tension) masotherapy in the upper limb, the other group is going to be treated with radial neural tension masotherapy during 8 weeks also. To apply the neural tension, the investigators position the patient's upper limb lowering the scapula, elbow extended, internal rotation glenohumeral, forearm pronation, bend and cubital deviation of the wrist, fingers bended and thumb adduction, and finally glenohumeral abduction. To compare the results between the different groups, the investigators are going to value the patients 4 times, the first one before the beginning of the treatment, the second one and the end of the treatment, the third one after one month completing the treatment, and the last one after three months completing the treatment.
Interventions
PROCEDUREMasotherapy with neural tension and masotherapy with non-neural tension
To compare the effectiveness of masotherapy with neural tension and masotherapy with non-neural tension
Sponsors
University of Alcala
University of Jaén
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
50 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* People diagnosed with Parkinson disease in mild or moderate degree. * Age between 50-80 years old. * People who can answer the questionnaires without held. * People who commit to attend the treatment assigned in the study. * People with tremor that limit his/her functionality or cause discomfort. * People who is not treated the upper limb
Exclusion criteria
* People with mental disease. * People who do not sign the informed consent. * People who present comorbidities that can affect the final result of the study. * People whose medication is modified through the study. * People who take medication whose secundary effect is the tremor appearance. * People who is participating in other research studies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in the tremor | Baseline and 1 month after intervention | Using the Unified Parkinson's Disease Ratin Scale (UPDRS). Each item is scored 0-4 (0= normal; 10= severe affectation) yielding a total between 0 and 159. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changes in the health-related quality of life: Parkinson Disease Quality of Questionnaire (PDQ-39) | Baseline 8 weeks and 1 month after intervention | Using the Parkinson Disease Quality of Questionnaire (PDQ-39). Each item is scored 0-4 (0= better life quality; 4= bad life quality) yielding a total between 0 and 156. |
| Changes in the strength | Baseline 8 weeks and 1 month after intervention | Using the MicroFet 2 Hoggan |
| Changes in the manual dexterity | Baseline 8 weeks and 1 month after intervention | Using the Coin Rotation Task (CRT) |
| Changes in the pain: Visual Analog Scale (VAS) | Baseline 8 weeks and 1 month after intervention | Using the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Each item is scored 0-10 (0= no pain; 10= the major pain that the patient can imagine) yielding a total between 0 and 10. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed