NCT06853262

Manual Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

Influence of Manual Therapy on the Motor and Non-motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of La Laguna · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

An experimental study will be carried out to examine how a manual therapy protocol can influence a series of parameters related to motor and non-motor symptoms in patients who have Parkinson's disease / Parkinsonism. To do this, an intervention will be carried out that will last a minimum of 6 weeks. In addition to their ongoing treatment, the study subjects will receive a maximum of 2 sessions of manual therapy each week. They will undergo a series of measurements both before and after the intervention related to gait, balance, non-motor symptoms, and some more specific parameters of gait. The study's main objective is to obtain information about possible treatment models based on manual therapy for Parkinson's disease. It is also hoped to compile a series of results that will lead to conclusions and benefit the development of physiotherapy for this disease. It is also hoped that this will help those affected so that the treatment is as comprehensive as possible and that the physiotherapist can use as many tools as are available to them to address the pathology.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Manual Therapy Protocol	The techniques were divided into three main groups: first, those carried out in transverse planes, then carried out in a specific zone, and finally, those aimed at the course of the vagus nerve. The techniques are carried out by physiotherapists with more than 15 years of healthcare experience and trained in manual therapy with more than 10 years of experience in this field.
OTHER	Sham Manual Protocol	The Sham techniques were divided into three main groups: first, those carried out in transverse planes, then carried out in a specific zone, and finally, those aimed at the course of the vagus nerve. The Sham techniques are carried out by physiotherapists with more than 15 years of healthcare experience and trained in manual therapy with more than 10 years of experience in this field.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-01
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2025-02-28
• Last updated: 2026-03-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain