Can Dance Therapy Improve Motor Learning in Parkinson's Disease (PD)?

Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: exercises without dance; Behavioral: Dance Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03549793

dance therapy in PD

Details and patient eligibility

About

In order to find the most effective rehabilitative therapies for Parkinsonian patients, the present study is aimed to evaluate whether, in a multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment, the dance therapy, applied to the motor learning, promote additional benefits.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stage 2.5-3 according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale (H&Y);
• Stable pharmacological treatment for the last 6 weeks before the enrolment and during the hospitalization;

Exclusion criteria

• Any focal brain lesion detected in brain imaging studies (CT or MRI) performed in the previous 12 months;
• Drug-induced dyskinesias;
• Disturbing resting and/or action tremor, corresponding to scores 2-4 in the specific items of UPDRS III;
• Behavioral disturbances (evaluated with Neuropsychiatric Inventory);
• Visual and auditory dysfunctions according to the general clinical evaluation and medical history;
• cognitive decline (MMSE correct score < 24)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

dance thrapy

Experimental group

Description:

4-week Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Treatment + Dance Therapy Treatment (2 hours par week)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Dance Therapy

exercises without dance

Active Comparator group

Description:

4-week Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Treatment + Exercises without music (2 hours par week)

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercises without dance