Short-term Effect of Positioning Cushions and Harmonic Techniques on Paratonia in Persons With Dementia

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

22 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-24

Study Completion Date

2017-12-21

Brief Summary

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This study investigated the short-term effect of both harmonic techniques and supporting cushions on muscle tone, range of motion, pain and daily care activities in 22 patients with moderate to severe paratonia. The study consisted of two parts, each part was conducted during one week. In the first part of the study the short-term effect of supporting cushions was examined; in the second part of the study the additional short-term effect of harmonic techniques was investigated.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Dementia Paratonia

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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all participants

All participants received the same interventions, there were no subgroups interventions: supporting cushions and harmonic techniques

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Supporting cushions

Intervention Type OTHER

Cushions were placed in a way that the head and four limbs were well supported, without leaving empty space between body and cushions or mattress.

Harmonic techniques

Intervention Type OTHER

Harmonic techniques (HT) is a group of manual techniques described by Lederman (2000).The goal of this techniques in this study was to reduce the muscle tone and additionally/subsequently increase the ROM.

Interventions

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Supporting cushions

Cushions were placed in a way that the head and four limbs were well supported, without leaving empty space between body and cushions or mattress.

Intervention Type OTHER

Harmonic techniques

Harmonic techniques (HT) is a group of manual techniques described by Lederman (2000).The goal of this techniques in this study was to reduce the muscle tone and additionally/subsequently increase the ROM.

Intervention Type OTHER