NCT02118506

Effects of Mental Practice in Gait of Individuals With Parkinson Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial

Immediate Effects of Mental Practice in Gait of Individuals With Parkinson Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 44 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of mental practice, associated with physical practice, on gait (cinematic parameters and mobility) in individuals with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. It is believed that familiarity with the normal gait pattern, associated with mental practice and physical practice can trigger significant changes in spatiotemporal and angular parameters that are not observed in the group not submitted to mental practice.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Physical practice	The control group underwent familiarization of gait phases using cards with gait phases and physical gait training. Familiarization with gait cycle: Cards with pictures of an elderly person performing movements related to the adjustment of posture, gait initiation and gait phases were shown to the subjects. They should have organized them sequentially, showing that they learned gait phases. Then, they were submitted to a physical gait training. They underwent a single training session during 1 hour and 30 minutes and were reassessed 10 minutes and 1 day after the end of the session, in respect of the kinematic gait and mobility.
OTHER	Mental and physical practice	The experimental group underwent familiarization of gait phases using cards with gait phases, mental practice of gait and physical gait training. Familiarization with gait cycle: Cards with pictures of an elderly person performing movements related to the adjustment of posture, gait initiation and gait phases were shown to the subjects. They should have organized them sequentially, showing that they learned gait phases. Then, they were submitted to a mental training of gait. They imagined the gait steps per 400 repetitions. While imagining, they verbalized the gait phases. Finally, they were submitted to a physical gait training. They executed 400 steps. They underwent a single training session during 1 hour and 30 minutes and were reassessed 10 minutes and 1 day after the end of the session, in respect of the kinematic gait and mobility.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-12-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2014-04-21
• Last updated: 2014-04-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil