Posture Exercises in Parkinson's Disease

Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Parkinson

Treatments: Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06848257

2023/03/10

Details and patient eligibility

About

The research was planned as a quasi-experimental study to investigate the effects of postural exercises on body image and neck and trunk position sense in Parkinson's patients.

It was decided to conduct the study with Parkinson's patients over the age of 50 who applied to the neurology clinic. After the power analysis for the research, it was planned to reach 36 participants. Participants' consent to participate in the study will be obtained through the Informed Volunteer Consent Form prepared by the researchers. Demographic information of participants who consent to participate in the study will be collected. Then, the disease levels and severity of the participants will be determined using the Modified Hoehn Yahr Staging Scale and the Unified Parkinson's Disease Assessment Scale. Subjective Visual Vertical Perception, Subjective Postural Perception and Subjective Haptic Perception evaluations to evaluate the body image of patients; Clinometer application and neck and trunk proprioception evaluations will be applied as preliminary tests to evaluate neck and trunk position sense. Posture exercises planned by the researchers will be applied to the participants, whose pre-tests are completed, three days a week for eight weeks. Preliminary tests performed after eight weeks of exercise will be repeated. All data obtained will be recorded in the Participant Data Record form. Differences in changes in tests performed at eight-week intervals will be investigated with appropriate statistical methods.

Enrollment: 36 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being over 50 years old,
• Being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease by a physician,
• Stage 1-4 according to the modified Hoehn-Yahr staging scale
• Having received 24≥ from the Mini Mental test

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of another accompanying neurological disease,
• Having significant musculoskeletal system problems,
• Having any known cognitive problem or having a score of ≤23 on the Mini Mental Test

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 1 patient group

Clinic research

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise