NCT03732053

The Effectiveness of Global Postural Reeducation on Alzheimer Disease Patients

The Effectiveness of Physical Rehabilitation in the Enhancement of Proprioceptive and Cognitive Aspects on Alzheimer Disease Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 135 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 95 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research study is developed on an experimental design with randomized controlled intervention were participated 135 subjects with AD including 45 of the control group. It lasted 6 months with pre-post tests (T0-T1) executed before and after six months of treatment. By having in focus the evaluation of GPR therapy effects on cognitive, proprioceptive, depressive, autonomy, gait and life quality of the above mentioned subjects.

Detailed description

In order to assess the cognitive abilities of the patients a cognitive test was administered which acts through a scale concerning depression and mood evaluation as well as a questionnaire was developed aiming to evaluate the examined subjects' functional abilities: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Quality of Life in Alzheimer Disease (QoL-AD), geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Barthel Index (BI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Tinetti Scale (TS).

Conditions

• Alzheimer's Type Dementia
• Cognitive Decline
• Postural; Strain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	GPR Intervention Research group	The research intervention consisted in the reappointment of three GPR therapeutic postures.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-12-05
• Primary completion: 2017-03-10
• Completion: 2017-07-03
• First posted: 2018-11-06
• Last updated: 2019-11-19