Influence of Manual Therapy on the Motor and Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

An experimental study will be carried out to examine how a manual therapy protocol can influence a series of parameters related to motor and non-motor symptoms in patients who have Parkinson's disease / Parkinsonism. To do this, an intervention will be carried out that will last a minimum of 6 weeks. In addition to their ongoing treatment, the study subjects will receive a maximum of 2 sessions of manual therapy each week. They will undergo a series of measurements both before and after the intervention related to gait, balance, non-motor symptoms, and some more specific parameters of gait. The study's main objective is to obtain information about possible treatment models based on manual therapy for Parkinson's disease. It is also hoped to compile a series of results that will lead to conclusions and benefit the development of physiotherapy for this disease. It is also hoped that this will help those affected so that the treatment is as comprehensive as possible and that the physiotherapist can use as many tools as are available to them to address the pathology.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 40
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• People aged between 40 and 75 who voluntarily agree to take part in this study

Locations
Other Locations
Spain
Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
RECRUITING
San Cristóbal De La Laguna
Contact Information
Primary
Juan-Elicio Hernández-Xumet, PhD
jhernanx@ull.edu.es
0034922319435
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-04-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Manual Therapy Protocol
The study subjects will receive a maximum of two manual therapy sessions per week for a minimum of six weeks. The variables will be measured before and after the six weeks for the secondary variables and during all the sessions for the main variables of nervous system activity.~The intervention protocol consists of a maximum of 15 manual therapy techniques, which will always be carried out in the same order. The estimated time for each technique is 90 seconds. Therefore, the intervention protocol will last approximately 25-35 minutes.~Before starting treatment, the patient will receive a document with all the information regarding the study and the informed consent form, which the research team must fill out and sign before the intervention.
Sham_comparator: Sham Manual Protocol
Manual intervention protocol with placebo techniques where the hands are placed on the same areas as in the experimental protocol techniques
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of La Laguna

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov