Goal-oriented Intervention in Parkinson's Disease

University of Granada (UGR)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Treatments

Other: Standard upper limb intervention

Other: Goal-oriented upper-limb intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02938819

DF0062UG

Details and patient eligibility

About

Upper-limb disorders in patients with Parkinson's disease include decreased speed and amplitude of movements, difficulty in sequential tasks, and disrupted execution of fine manipulative hand activities.The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of home-based goal-oriented upper limb intervention in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Full description

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative neurological disorders involving progressive impairment in motor, mood and cognitive functions. Movement disorders have a negative impact on individual's ability to perform well-learned motor skills. These include akinesia, bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor at rest.

A goal-planning process should be useful to ensure that patients agree on the goals of rehabilitation. Thus, the purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of home-based goal-oriented upper limb intervention in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment

54 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.
Stage II-III of disease progression as defined by the Hoehn and Yahr scale.
Upper limbs impairment

Exclusion criteria

Clinical signs of dementia or psychiatric disturbance.
Comprehension deficits that prevented them from following verbal commands.
Visual or acoustic limitations.
A neurologic condition other than Parkinson's Disease.
Musculoskeletal disorders and/or if they had previous trauma or fracture of upper extremity.