Parkinson's disease
Conditions
Interventions
This is an experimental, prospective and quantitative study
All volunteers will be informed and
informed about the procedures to be submitted and sign a free and informed consent form, in accordance
group of elderly people with Parkinson's disease (10 participants)
and a group of active elderly (10 participants). All the elderly will be invited from the community
Participants will initially respond to a questionnaire for the sociodemographic and economic charac
Other
Q65.060
F01.145.632
Sponsors
Universidade Federal Do Triângulo Mineiro
Universidade Federal Do Triângulo Mineiro
Eligibility
Age
60 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Minimum score of 18 points in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); be literate; presenting visual acuity preserved or corrected
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Inability to maintain orthostatism and to wander without the use of any auxiliary gait device; those who are submitted to another type of physiotherapeutic intervention concomitantly; participants during the study period: changes such as significant or chronic orthopedic pain, joint deformities, three consecutive service sessions, any of the non-inclusion characteristics already mentioned
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of balance, verified by increasing the time of the romberg test in the pre and post intervention measurements in the intervention group ;Improvement of the risk of falls, verified by the decrease of the time of the TUG test in the pre and post intervention measurements in the intervention group | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactLislei Patrizzi Martins
Universidade Federal Do Triângulo Mineiro
Outcome results
None listed