NCT03479567

Fine and Gross Motor Function and Relationship With Muscle Tone in Older Adults With and Without Dementia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 122 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate changes in gait, balance, fine motor function, and muscle tone, and (2) to find out if there is a correlation between muscle tone/presence of paratonia and motor function (gross and fine) in mild and moderate dementia.Three groups of participants were included in the study: healthy elderly (n=60), participants with mild dementia (n=31) and participants with moderate dementia (n=31). Measurements of fine motor function, balance, gait, presence of paratonia and muscle tone measurements were performed.

Conditions

• Dementia
• Gait
• Balance
• Muscle Tone
• Fine Motor Function
• Paratonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Gait accelerometry	accelerometric assessment of gait (Dynaport Hybrid): 7m walk in 3 conditions (normal pace, fast, double task)
OTHER	balance accelerometry	accelerometric assessment of balance (Dynaport Hybrid) during 10 seconds trial in 3 conditions (side-by-side, semitandem, tandem)
OTHER	Fine motor skill test	assessment of fine motor skills with Purdue Pegboard, with dominant hand, non-dominant hand and bimanual
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Paratonia Assessment Instrument (PAI)	diagnosis of paratonia based on passive movement of the four limbs
OTHER	myotonometric measurement of muscle tone	MyotonPRO measurement of muscle tone

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-01
• Completion: 2017-12-01
• First posted: 2018-03-27
• Last updated: 2023-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium