NCT02891473

A Rehabilitative Approach in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Impact of Mézières Rehabilitative Method in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 36 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Roma La Sapienza · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitative approach using breathing and relaxation techniques, and specifically the elongation of the latissimus dorsi muscle according to the Mézières Method to improve balance and posture and relief pain in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mézières Method	10 sessions of rehabilitative treatment according to the Mézières Method, 2 sessions per week for 5 weeks, each lasting 1 hour.
OTHER	Home based exercise program	1 single training session lasting 1 hour for the explication of the rehabilitation program that the patient has to perform independently at home followed by 2 sessions of home based exercises per week for 5 weeks, each lasting 1 hour.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-09-01
• Completion: 2016-01-01
• First posted: 2016-09-07
• Last updated: 2017-07-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy