Handwriting Rehabilitation in Parkinson Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

— HRPD  

Official title:

Effectiveness of Intensive Handwriting Rehabilitation in Subjects With Parkinson's Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02718560
• Other study ID #: Handwriting rehab in PD
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 15, 2016
• Last updated: April 3, 2017
• Start date: September 2015
• Est. completion date: September 2017

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini
• Contact: Paola Ortelli, PsyD
• Phone: +393332974872
• Email: ortellipaola73[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intensive handwriting treatment in Parkinson's Disease.

Description:

The investigators aimed to understand whether an intensive handwriting treatment with cognitive engagement is more effective than a treatment exploiting only the passive wrist joint mobilization in Parkinson's Disease.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 180
• Est. completion date: September 2017
• Est. primary completion date: June 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Parkinson's Disease patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score < 24

• Left handed subjects

• Subjects with dyskinesias

• Subjects with Deep Brain Stimulation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Handwriting
• Neurorehabilitation
• Parkinson Disease

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Writing
Writing exercise with or without cues for 1 hour per day for 4 days at week for 4 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Ospedale Generale di zona Moriggia Pelascini	Gravedona ed Uniti	Como

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	letters size		4 weeks
Secondary	writing speed (time spent to write every single letter and word, measured in milliseconds)		4 weeks
Secondary	centimeters away from a straight line during writing		4 weeks