NCT03983785

The Effect of Pilates and Elastic Taping on Balance and Postural Control in Early Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 31 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to compare the effects of pilates training and elastic taping on balance and postural control in early Parkinson's patients.

Detailed description

The subjects were randomly divided into 3 groups as pilates, elastic taping and waiting list control group. Individuals were given 60-minute pilates training twice a week for 6 weeks. In addition to Pilates training, elastic taping was applied twice a week for postural correction of the back. Individuals were evaluated for balance and postural control before and after training. Evaluation of clinical balance with Berg Balance Scale and Trunk Impairment Scale; Stability Limits, Sits Up, Normal and Tandem Walking Tests were performed with NeuroCom Balance Master balance and performance system.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pilates	In pilates group: Pilates training twice a week for 6 weeks.
OTHER	Elastic taping	Elastic taping group: Elastic taping application after the pilates training twice a week for 6 weeks Wait List

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-02-16
• Primary completion: 2019-10-25
• Completion: 2020-02-26
• First posted: 2019-06-12
• Last updated: 2020-08-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)