Rehabilitation in Parkinson Disease Cyclone in Life (IRMA)

IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo"

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Disability; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Device: IRMA

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05802498

I.R.M.A.

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of two rehabilitation protocols in patients with Parkinson's disease and, therefore, identification of innovative rehabilitation protocols of proven and validated efficacy, through which it is possible to achieve:

• Improved joint function and gait pattern
• Reduction of the risk of falling or reduction of energy expenditure during physiological gait

Evaluation of the increase in maximal effort tolerance

· Improved cognitive performances

Evaluation of the impact on the quality of life of the patient and family members

Identification of morpho-functional markers predictive of clinical and rehabilitative out-come through neuroimaging study.

Full description

rehabilitation protocols in patients with Parkinson's disease and, therefore, identification of innovative rehabilitation protocols of proven and validated efficacy, through which it is possible to achieve:

Improved joint function and gait pattern Reduction of the risk of falling or reduction of energy expenditure during physiological gait Evaluation of the increase in maximal effort tolerance

· Improved cognitive performances

Evaluation of the impact on the quality of life of the patient and family members

Identification of morpho-functional markers predictive of clinical and rehabilitative out-come through neuroimaging study.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Hoehn & Yahr between 2.0 and 3.0;
• No need for a walking aid;
• Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score >24;
• Effective dopaminergic pharmacological control;
• Absence of other relevant neurological comorbidities;
• Absence of postural deformities (and/or Pisa syndrome);
• Absence of severe cardiological pathologies (exertional angina, severe decompensation).
• Ability to travel to the rehabilitation treatment site independently or with support

Exclusion criteria

• presence of Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS);
• presence of severe heart and/or lung disease;
• presence of therapeutic regimen in the definition phase;
• impaired joint and/or motor function to follow a proposed rehabilitation treatment programme
• contraindications to performing MRI scans
• undergoing rehabilitation therapy in the 3 months preceding enrolment.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

control GROUP

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will perform 8 continuous weeks of treatment, 5 days a week, for a total of 180 minutes, including muscle stretching, joint range increase with passive and active assisted mobilization sessions of the scapulohumeral and pelvic girdles. Motor coordination exercises. Postural exercises with exercises for trunk control in sitting and standing positions with feedback and feed-forward techniques. gait training; gait training; proprioceptive exercises and exercises to maintain static and dynamic balance in monopodalica; strengthening of trunk muscles; postural exercises, muscle relaxation/stretching, release of the tracks; re-education in postural passages and transfers with fall prevention strategies.

irma group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will perform 8 continuous weeks of treatment, 5 days a week, for a total of 180 minutes, including muscle stretching, increasing joint range with assisted passive and active mobilisation sessions of the scapulohumeral and pelvic girdles. Motor coordination exercises. Postural exercises with exercises for trunk control in sitting and standing with feedback and feed-forward technique. Gait training; gait training; proprioceptive exercises and static and dynamic balance maintenance in monopodalics; trunk muscle strengthening; postural exercises, muscle relaxation/relaxation, caterpillar release; re-education in postural transitions and transfers with fall prevention strategies. Prior to neuromotor rehabilitation treatment, the subjects will undergo rehabilitation training using the NIRVANA augmentative reality system.

Treatment:

Device: IRMA