Effects of Hyperthermic Baths on Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Effects of Hyperthermic Baths on Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to further evaluate the effects of seasonal variation and the aquatic thermal environment of hyperthermic baths (HTB) on the Motor Symptoms (MS) of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and whether the environmental temperature is associated with these effects.

Clinical Trial Description

After being informed about the study and potential risks, all participants will give written informed consent. All participants who meet the inclusion criteria will undergo a complete history and physical examination, including an assessment using the Movement Disorder Society-United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), H&Y stage, MMSE and MOCA. Each participant will receive two subjective measures (the Movement Disorder Society-United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale part III motor examination total scores and the modified Webster Symptoms Score) nine times in an open medication state (open state). Each participant will take hyperthermic baths (HTB) at the same time on the first, third and fifth days. The participants will receive subjective measures before and after the HTB. The time at which the subjective measures begin after the HTB will be recorded. In the second week, no participants accept any intervention. To avoid the effects of fluctuations in dopaminergic drugs concentrations, subjective measures will be given without HTB at the recorded times on the fifteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth days. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fever
• Parkinson Disease

• NCT number: NCT04165278
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 1, 2018
• Completion date: October 18, 2019