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Effects of a Home-based Therapeutic Exercise Program on Frailty in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Home Physiotherapy Group and Control Group for Parkinson Disease and 2 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 13 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this protocol is to evaluate the effects of a home-based therapeutic exercise program applied in patients with PD to reverse frailty. The design of this study is experimental, prospective, randomized and single blind. The study population that will be part of this study will be men and women with a diagnosis of PD belonging to the Health Area V of the Health Service of the Principality of Asturias, Spain.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
The intervention group will receive 2 sessions per week for 8 weeks supervised and assisted by a physiotherapist at the patient's home. Muscle strengthening exercises of the lower and upper limbs, stretching, coordination and balance exercises, gait re-education with the relevant technical aids, a pattern of exercises to be performed daily by the patient and health education guidelines will be carried out.
The control group will be given health education guidelines and will continue with their usual medical-pharmacological treatment. All patients included in this study will receive physiotherapy treatment, and those in the control group will be treated once the intervention and the post-intervention assessment have been completed.