The Effect of Pilates and Elastic Taping on Balance and Postural Control in Early Parkinson's Disease

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Treatments

Other: Pilates

Other: Elastic taping

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03983785

DokuzEU

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of pilates training and elastic taping on balance and postural control in early Parkinson's patients.

Full description

The subjects were randomly divided into 3 groups as pilates, elastic taping and waiting list control group. Individuals were given 60-minute pilates training twice a week for 6 weeks. In addition to Pilates training, elastic taping was applied twice a week for postural correction of the back. Individuals were evaluated for balance and postural control before and after training. Evaluation of clinical balance with Berg Balance Scale and Trunk Impairment Scale; Stability Limits, Sits Up, Normal and Tandem Walking Tests were performed with NeuroCom Balance Master balance and performance system.

Enrollment

31 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Diagnosis of Idiopathic Parkinson Disease
Mini Mental Test Score≥24
Modified Hoehn and Yahr Score≤2
Ability to stand 1 minute independently
Ability to walk 10 meters

Exclusion criteria

Other orthopaedic, neurologic or visual disease which could affect ability of balance and walking
Unstabl cardiovasvularly disease
History of Surgery about Parkinson disease