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Fine and Gross Motor Function and Relationship With Muscle Tone in Older Adults With and Without Dementia

U

University Ghent

Status

Completed

Conditions

Paratonia
Balance
Muscle Tone
Fine Motor Function
Gait
Dementia

Treatments

Other: Fine motor skill test
Other: myotonometric measurement of muscle tone
Diagnostic Test: Paratonia Assessment Instrument (PAI)
Other: Gait accelerometry
Other: balance accelerometry

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03479567
EC/2014/1240

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate changes in gait, balance, fine motor function, and muscle tone, and (2) to find out if there is a correlation between muscle tone/presence of paratonia and motor function (gross and fine) in mild and moderate dementia.Three groups of participants were included in the study: healthy elderly (n=60), participants with mild dementia (n=31) and participants with moderate dementia (n=31). Measurements of fine motor function, balance, gait, presence of paratonia and muscle tone measurements were performed.

Enrollment

122 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • age >= 65 years
  • walk independently for at least 11 meters
  • HC: no cognitive deterioration, MiD: dementia, Global Deterioration Scale<5, MoD: dementia, Global Deterioration Scale 5 or 6

Exclusion criteria

  • recent (≤ 6 months) orthopedic surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Non-Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

122 participants in 3 patient groups

HC
Other group
Description:
Healthy controls, i.e. older adults without cognitive impairment
Treatment:
Other: Gait accelerometry
Other: balance accelerometry
Diagnostic Test: Paratonia Assessment Instrument (PAI)
Other: myotonometric measurement of muscle tone
Other: Fine motor skill test
MiD
Other group
Description:
older adults with mild dementia
Treatment:
Other: Gait accelerometry
Other: balance accelerometry
Diagnostic Test: Paratonia Assessment Instrument (PAI)
Other: myotonometric measurement of muscle tone
Other: Fine motor skill test
MoD
Other group
Description:
older adults with moderate dementia
Treatment:
Other: Gait accelerometry
Other: balance accelerometry
Other: myotonometric measurement of muscle tone
Other: Fine motor skill test

Trial contacts and locations

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