Effects of Gait Training With and Without PNF on Balance ,Gait and Activities of Daily Living in Parkinson's Patients

Riphah International University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

Parkinson Disease (PD)

Treatments

Other: Body weight supported treadmill gait training and Routine physical therapy

Other: PNF exercises and Body weight supported treadmill gait training

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06789133

REC/RCR&AHS/24/0215KainatAhmad

Details and patient eligibility

About

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and gait training exercises are specifically used to treat balance, gait and functional activities in Parkinson s patients. PNF has been compared with gait training and balance training in other conditions like stroke and multiple sclerosis but limited literatures are present in which PNF has been compared with gait training in Parkinson patients.

Enrollment

36 patients

Sex

All

Ages

45 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Parkinson's patients.
Patients from both gender around the age of 45-65.
Patient with a score of 42 above on the Berg Balance Scale.
Patients with shuffling gait
Patient with good cognitive function minimum score of 20 or more on Mini-mental Status Examination MMSE scale
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with a history of CVA.
Patient with peripheral vascular disease.
Patient with fracture or dislocation of lower limb.
Patient with peripheral nerve injury