Parkinson's Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group: 20 volunteers with Parkinson's disease will receive one myofascial release (manual therapy) session applied to specific regions (respiratory muscles). Control group: 20 volunteers
Other
E02.190.599
HP3.073.433.101
Sponsors
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Eligibility
Age
40 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Volunteers with clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease; both genders;with scores between 1 and 3 on the Hoehn and Yhar scale.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Volunteers with signs of dementia; cardiorespiratory diseases; neuromuscular diseases; musculoskeletal diseases not related to Parkinson's disease; to have made changes in the class and/or drug dose between the evaluations.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) linear and non-linear indices of cardiac autonomic control, obtained by analysis of heart rate variability; 2) pulmonary function indexes, obtained by spirometric maneuvers of slow vital capacity, forced vital capacity and maximum voluntary ventilation; 3) thoracoabdominal mobility assessed by cirtometry; and 4) maximal respiratory pressures, obtained by manovacuometry. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between cardiac autonomic control and pulmonary function; correlation between cardiac autonomic control and maximal respiratory pressures. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactAntonio Zamunér
Universidade do Sagrado Coração
Outcome results
None listed