The effect of different patterns of rehabilitation training in idiopathic Parkinson's disease

• Register: ChiCTR
• Last refreshed on: 18 April 2017
• Main ID: ChiCTR-TRC-14004707
• Date of registration: 2014-05-27
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Shanghai Tongji Hospital
• Public title: The effect of different patterns of rehabilitation training in idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• Scientific title: The effect of different patterns of rehabilitation training in idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• Date of first enrolment: 2014-06-09
• Target sample size: Tai Chi group:30;Balance function training group:30;
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.aspx?proj=4866
• Study type: Interventional study
• Study design: Randomized parallel controlled trial
• Phase: Other

Countries of recruitment

China

Contacts

• Name: Lingjing Jin
• Affiliation: Shanghai Tongji Hospital

• Name: Yong Hu
• Affiliation: Shanghai Tongji Hospital

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: UK Parkinson's disease society brain bank diagnostic criteria. Eligibility criteria:
1. a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinsons disease;
2. The Hoehn and Yahr scale I-IV;
3. score for the motor section of the Unified Parkinsons Disease at least 2;
4. stable medication use of kind, dosage and administration for PD;
5. ability to stand unaided and walk with or without an assistive device;
6. willingness to be assigned to any of the two interventions;
7. with a fixed daily life caregiver during the study period; the patient and his/her relatives voluntarily join this study with informed consents.
Exclusion criteria: 1) Participanting in any other program;
2) Mini–Mental State examination score lower than 17;
3) debilitating conditions or vision impairment that would impede full participation in the study;
4) balance disorder caused by hip and knee joints diseases.

Age minimum: 20
Age maximum: 90
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Parkinson's disease

Intervention(s)

Tai Chi group:Tai Chi;Balance function training group:Balance function training;

Primary Outcome(s)

Maximum excursion and directional control measured;

Secondary Outcome(s)

The change of stride length and walking velocity;Berg Balance Scale, Tinetti POMA;time up-go test;ABC Scale;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index;Constipation severity instrume;

Source(s) of Monetary Support

self-raised funds