The Effects of Exercise on Gait Characteristics, Balance, and Performance in Patients With Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Dokuz Eylül University (DEU)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: NPH (Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus)

Treatments: Other: Exercise Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05679934

deu-uyesil-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this study is to investigate effect of exercise program on balance, gait and performance in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus applied with lumbar puncture. The main question it aims to answer are:

• Home based exercise program effective on balance, gait and performance
• Telerehabilitation exercise program effective on balance, gait and performance Researchers will compare home based exercise group, telerehabilitation group and control group to see if difference in terms of balance, gait and performance

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 60-90 years old
• Fulfilling the following clinical criteria for iNPH, as proposed by the Relkin and colleagues
• Able to walk independently (without physical assistance from a person and/or a device)

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had severe physical disability or immobility, major primary psychiatric disorders (eg, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder), unstable major medical illnesses (eg, acute coronary syndrome, respiratory failure), acute cerebrovascular disease, severe visual or hearing impairments were excluded.
• Patients with diagnosis of seconder normal pressure hydrocephalus were also excluded.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

Home-Based Exercise

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who perform home-based exercise program

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Program

Telerehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients who perform telerehabilitation exercise program

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention