Effectiveness of Physiotherapy Interventions for Patients With Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT01076712

Last Updated: 2010-03-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 112 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-03-31
• Study Completion Date: 2012-10-31

Brief Summary

Parkinson's Disease is an incurable and progressive disease. Treatment includes medication and non-pharmacological intervention such as physiotherapy. Physiotherapy is a main component of non-pharmacological interventions. It includes exercise to strengthen the muscles; improves balance and walking, and adopts the use of visual cue training. Treatment has been found to be effective in patients with mild impairment up to 6 months post-treatment. The present study will investigate the effectiveness of treatment for patients with mild to moderate impairment for short term (3-month) and long term (1 year). The hypothesis is that compared to patient education alone, physiotherapy intervention for patients with Parkinson's disease leads to improve function and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an incurable and progressive disease (Rubenis 2007). Current management include medical, neuro-surgical and non-pharmacological intervention. Physiotherapy is a major component in non-pharmacological interventions. Effective interventions including visual or auditory cues improves gait (Nieuwboer et al. 2007), exercise is effective in improving balance (Hirsch et al 2003); intense treadmill training improves motor control, quality of life and walking speed so as to sustain improvement in gait speed and motor control post 4 weeks of treatment (Herman et al 2007). Patient with PD attending physiotherapy twice weekly, one and half hour for 12 weeks showed improvement in walking speed and Activities of Daily Living (Ellis et al 2005). However, the majority of focus on patients in the Hoehn and Yahr stage of 2 to 3 and long term effect is lacking (Kwakkel et al 2007). A knowledge gap is present in the effectiveness of physiotherapy training of patients with Parkinson's disease in the more advanced stage of disease and long term effect is lacking. The aim of the study is to investigate the immediate, short-term & long-term clinical effects of physiotherapy training of patients with Parkinson's disease. The hypothesis is that compared to patient education alone, physiotherapy intervention for patients with Parkinson's disease leads to improve function and quality of life.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Physiotherapy Interventions

Physiotherapy Interventions including strengthening exercise, balance training, gait training with visual cue, gait training with treadmill.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy Interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Physiotherapy interventions including strengthening exercise, balance training, gait training with visual cus and gait training with treadmill

Education

Education

Group Type: OTHER

Education Classes

Intervention Type: OTHER

Education Classes

Interventions

Physiotherapy Interventions

Physiotherapy interventions including strengthening exercise, balance training, gait training with visual cus and gait training with treadmill

Intervention Type: OTHER

Education Classes

Education Classes

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Education

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Stable medication usage
• Hoehn and Yahr stage II to IV
• At least 1 score of 2 or more for at least 1 limb of either the tremor, rigidity, or bradykinesia item of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)
• Able to walk independently
• No severe cognitive impairments (Mini-Mental State Examination - Chinese Cantonese version) score greater than 24

Exclusion Criteria

• Other severe neurological, cardiopulmonary, or orthopedic disorders
• Having participated in a physiotherapy or rehabilitation program in previous 2 months

• Minimum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Principal Investigators

CW WOO

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Physiotherapy Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Locations

Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Kowloon, , Hong Kong

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Hong Kong

Facility Contacts

CW Woo

Role: primary

woocw@ha.org.hk

29586218

References

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Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 17229744 (View on PubMed)

Hirsch MA, Toole T, Maitland CG, Rider RA. The effects of balance training and high-intensity resistance training on persons with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2003 Aug;84(8):1109-17. doi: 10.1016/s0003-9993(03)00046-7.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 12917847 (View on PubMed)

Herman T, Giladi N, Gruendlinger L, Hausdorff JM. Six weeks of intensive treadmill training improves gait and quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2007 Sep;88(9):1154-8. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.05.015.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

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Reference Type: RESULT

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Reference Type: RESULT

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Reference Type: RESULT

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Reference Type: RESULT

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Ernst M, Folkerts AK, Gollan R, Lieker E, Caro-Valenzuela J, Adams A, Cryns N, Monsef I, Dresen A, Roheger M, Eggers C, Skoetz N, Kalbe E. Physical exercise for people with Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Apr 8;4(4):CD013856. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013856.pub3.

Reference Type: DERIVED

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Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 36602886 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

KCKESOP0016a

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id