Tai Chi Intervention by Telerehabilitation (TeleParkinson)

Université de Sherbrooke

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Rehabilitation intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03985631

2020-3253

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rational : A lot of people in the province of Quebec suffer from Parkinson's disease and they are mostly vulnerable because they gradually lose their autonomy with the worsening of the disease. Physiotherapy was proven to be an effective treatment method for these patients. However, accessibility to care remains a major issue.

Objective: This project aims to establish the clinical feasibility of a Tai chi rehabilitation program through tele rehabilitation to patients suffering of Parkinson's disease.

Methodology : This pilot study will be conduct with a pre/post-test device. Therefore, to reach the objective, an evaluation will be done before the intervention and directly after the end of the 12 weeks program. Also, the obstacles encountered during the interventions will be noted in a logbook.

Benefits: This is a priority research because its aim is to develop a care system that is efficient and accessible for a target population. The results of this study will confirm the possibility to put in place a telerehabilitation program who could reach, on a larger scale, more patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• to be diagnosed with Parkinson Disease according to the " Movement Disorders Society's diagnostic criteria " for at least 3 years
• Presence of a postural instability measured by the pull test according to Movement Disorders Society-Sponsored revision scale of Unified Parkinson Disease Rating scale " (MDS-UPDRS) with a score to item 3, 12 ≥ 1,
• Have access to Internet
• Have a caregiver available during rehabilitation sessions

Exclusion criteria

• Have a une cognitive impairment measured by the " Mini-Mental State Examination " (MMSE), with a total score < 24.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2 participants in 1 patient group

Telerehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Tai Chi intervention by telerehabilitation (3-month intervention, three sessions per week: two supervised session and one unsupervised session).

Treatment:

Other: Rehabilitation intervention