Effects of Mental Practice in Gait of Individuals With Parkinson Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Physical practice; Other: Mental and physical practice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02118506

CEP/UFRN 275.155

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of mental practice, associated with physical practice, on gait (cinematic parameters and mobility) in individuals with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. It is believed that familiarity with the normal gait pattern, associated with mental practice and physical practice can trigger significant changes in spatiotemporal and angular parameters that are not observed in the group not submitted to mental practice.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 44 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the subjects should be in use of antiparkinsonian medication,
• be between stages 2 and 3 of the Hoehn and Yahr modified scale);
• walk without any brace or aid device, independently (scores between 3 and 5 of the Functional Ambulatory Category - FAC) for at least 10 meters
• were not undergoing stereotactic surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• We excluded those who were unable or declined to complete the training protocol.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Physical practice

Active Comparator group

Description:

Familiarization with gait cycle: Cards with pictures of an elderly person performing movements related to the adjustment of posture, gait initiation and gait phases were shown to the subjects. They should have organized them sequentially, showing that they learned gait phases. Physical practice: is the execution of the motor action.

Treatment:

Other: Physical practice

Mental and physical practice

Experimental group

Description:

Familiarization with gait cycle: Cards with pictures of an elderly person performing movements related to the adjustment of posture, gait initiation and gait phases were shown to the subjects. They should have organized them sequentially, showing that they learned gait phases. Mental practice: is defined as motor imagery training with the aim of improving the engine performance. Is the imagination of a motor action without its physical implementation. Physical practice: is the execution of the motor action.

Treatment:

Other: Mental and physical practice