Hallux Mobilization in Patients With Parkinson's Disease — HalluxPD001  

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Passive Mobilization of the Metatarsophalangeal Joint of the Hallux During a Rehabilitation Treatment in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain; the cause of this cell death is unknown. Early in the course of the disease, the most obvious symptoms are movement-related; these include shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait. A multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment (MIRT) is able to improve different parameters in PD that are poorly responsive to dopaminergic therapy. In this study, we aim to understand whether the passive mobilization of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the hallux determines an increase in the joint range in this district, allowing to improve, at least, the gait.

Clinical Trial Description

Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease result from the death of dopamine-generating cells in the substantia nigra, a region of the midbrain; the cause of this cell death is unknown. Early in the course of the disease, the most obvious symptoms are movement-related; these include shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement and difficulty with walking and gait. The main families of drugs useful for treating motor symptoms are levodopa dopamine agonists and Monoamine oxidases-B inhibitors.A multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment (MIRT) is able to improve different parameters in PD that are poorly responsive to the pharmacological therapy. In this study, we aim to understand whether the passive mobilization of the metatarsophalangeal joint of the hallux determines an increase in the joint range in this district, allowing to improve, at least, the gait in patients with PD. In this course, we will evaluate whether passive mobilization of this joint, lead to positive effects on the freezing of gait and on the festination. ;

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parkinson Disease

• NCT number: NCT02098642
• Study type: Observational
• Source: Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2013
• Completion date: February 2014