Proprioception and Meditation

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proprioceptive Disorders; Movement Disorders; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Proprioceptive Drills; Other: Yoga Meditation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03079817

20151138

Details and patient eligibility

About

In past work is has been shown that yoga can be as effective as a standard balance or Tai Chi protocol; however, there is an inability to distinguish between the mind and body contributions of yoga training. This study will compare an accepted proprioceptive training program to a meditation program which concentrates on body awareness in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• An individual must be between 40 and 90 years of age with mild to moderate Parkinson's Disease (Hoehn & Yahr stages I-III).

Exclusion criteria

• Participants that have been part of a formal training program that targeted lower body strength, balance or proprioception within the past six months
• Participants that have any uncontrolled nerve (except Parkinson's patients taking appropriate medication), bone or joint, or heart disease;
• Participants that have been advised by a doctor to not exercise;
• Participants that have regularly practiced yoga at least twice per week within the past six months;
• Participants that is unable to consent;
• Participants that is a prisoner;
• Participants that are pregnant.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Proprioceptive Drills

Active Comparator group

Description:

Includes drills during which participants perform multiplestances on a pillow, a number of different cone and line drills, reaching drills, object retrieval drills and drills using balls to disturb balance.

Treatment:

Other: Proprioceptive Drills

Yoga Meditation

Experimental group

Description:

The meditation program will use simple poses during which the participant will not move and will concentrate on each of the participant's body parts and where they are in space.

Treatment:

Other: Yoga Meditation