Parkinson Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Patients will be randomly divided into an audio-guided Mental Practice Group and a video-guided mental practice group. All patients will undergo 15 sessions of physiotherapy at a frequency of twice a
Other
E02.779
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to Ordinance No. 228/2010 of the Ministry of Health of Brazil; Both sexes; Patients aged 18-80 years; Stage 1 to 3 of Hoehn and Yahr's original scale.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Other neurological diseases; orthopedic, rheumatic and / or vascular pathology, with moderate or severe functional restriction in one or both lower limbs; uncontrolled hypertension and / or cardiac or respiratory disease that limits the execution of the protocol; with lowering of the cognitive level; with medical restriction to perform exercises; unable to perform the motor imagination, in physical therapy or occupational therapy for 3 months or more; with moderate to severe depression; with visual and auditory deficits that do not guarantee a good participation in the protocol; after deep brain stimulation surgery; with vestibular alterations; with lack of sensitivity in the lower limbs; users of orthosis for lower limbs; User of prosthetics; with edemas in the lower limbs and amputees
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement in gait, evaluated by the 10-meter walk test, with a reduction of at least 10% in the number of steps, 5% reduction in cadence and a 10% increase in walking speed. Data collected 1 day before the intervention and 1 day after the intervention. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 5% reduction in fear of falls, measured by the history of falls questionnaire, data collected 1 day before the intervention and 1 day after the intervention | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLiliane Pereira da Silva
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Outcome results
None listed