Effect of Body Suspension and Tilting Exercises in Parkinson's Disease

Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Control group (global muscle stretching); Other: Intervention group (Body body suspension and tilting exercises)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02763891

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Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the effect of body suspension and tilting exercises (performed in Chordata apparatus) on the balance and mobility of subjects with Parkinson disease. Half of patients will perform the exercise protocol while the other half will receive passive muscle stretching and maintain the usual routine.

Full description

Body suspension and tilting exercises performed in the Chordata equipment might be an effective option to improve trunk muscles activation and to facilitate functional balance and mobility control in Parkinson's disease (PD). To evaluate this hypothesis, subjects will be randomized into control group or intervention group. Intervention group will receive 30-minute session of body suspension and tilting exercises on the Chordata equipment (PI: 0804871-1 and BR 10 2012 009901-2) twice a week for eight weeks, while the control group will receive passive muscle stretching and maintained their usual routine during the same period. Both groups will be assessed at baseline and immediately after the intervention protocol. Finally, a follow-up evaluation will be performed 8 weeks after the protocol ending (to verify possible long-lasting effects of this exercise protocol).

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects able to go to training or assessment places;
• Subjects that are agreement with the study protocol and sign the ;
• Subjects in stage I, II or III of Parkinson disease according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects do not keep their usual routine (apart of the research protocol);
• Subjects with physical or functional limitations that prevent the assessment test battery;
• Subjects with heart or lung diseases that prevent the exercise performance;
• Subjects with cancer;
• Subjects with major visual deficits;
• Subjects with recurrent vertigo;
• Subjects with uncontrolled systemic blood pressure.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects submitted to a 30-minute session of suspension and tilting exercises on the Chordata equipment (PI: 0804871-1 and BR 10 2012 009901-2) twice a week for eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention group (Body body suspension and tilting exercises)

Control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subjects submitted to a 30-minute passive muscle stretching session twice a week for eight weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Control group (global muscle stretching)