Effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG on Dynamic Balance in Parkinson's Patients

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Balance; Distorted; Motor Disorders; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG; Other: conventional treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05490784

REC/RCR & AHS/21/0253

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG on dynamic balance in Parkinson's patients

Full description

This study will be conducted to compare the effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG and conventional physiotherapy on dynamic balance in patients of PD. Patients will be recruited according to inclusion criteria and data will be collected from Riphah rehabilitation center, National Hospital Lahore. Dynamic gait index will be used as data collection tool to test dynamic balance of patients. Patients will be allocated to intervention groups by randomization. After approval from ethical committee, data collection will be started and informed consent will be taken from all patients.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stage I, II, III Parkinson's patients on Hoehn &;Yahr classification
• Able to walk without assistive devices
• Stable medication 4 weeks prior to and during study

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with depression or dementia
• Disabling bradykinesia to make sure patients are efficient to engage and cooperate in conventional physical therapy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment big with conventional treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment big with conventional treatment

Treatment:

Other: Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Patients assigned to control group received conventional treatment program encompassing set of exercises such as complex motor sequences, stretching, dual tasking, mental imagery and core stability.

Treatment:

Other: conventional treatment