Proprioception and Meditation

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Yoga Based Meditation on Proprioception in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03079817
• Other study ID #: 20151138
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 17, 2017
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2019
• Source: University of Miami
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In past work is has been shown that yoga can be as effective as a standard balance or Tai Chi protocol; however, there is an inability to distinguish between the mind and body contributions of yoga training. This study will compare an accepted proprioceptive training program to a meditation program which concentrates on body awareness in individuals with Parkinson's disease.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: July 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• An individual must be between 40 and 90 years of age with mild to moderate Parkinson's Disease (Hoehn & Yahr stages I-III).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants that have been part of a formal training program that targeted lower body strength, balance or proprioception within the past six months

• Participants that have any uncontrolled nerve (except Parkinson's patients taking appropriate medication), bone or joint, or heart disease;

• Participants that have been advised by a doctor to not exercise;

• Participants that have regularly practiced yoga at least twice per week within the past six months;

• Participants that is unable to consent;

• Participants that is a prisoner;

• Participants that are pregnant.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Disease
• Movement Disorders
• Parkinson Disease
• Proprioceptive Disorders
• Somatosensory Disorders

Intervention

Other:
• Yoga Meditation
Yoga meditation using motor imagery to perceive movement patterns
• Proprioceptive Drills
Active balance and proprioception drills

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Laboratory of Neruomuscular Research and Active Aging	Coral Gables	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Miami

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Joint Position Sense	The joint position sense technique for the knee involves the reduction of visual cues while moving the knee to a specific target angle, holding that target angle, returning the knee to the starting position, and then reproducing that target angle.	20 minutes
Primary	Tinetti balance and gait.	A subjective evaluation of Balance and gait.	3 minutes.
Secondary	8ft Up and Go	Individuals sits in a chair at the verbal cue of "go", individual rises from chair and walks as quickly as possible around a cone placed 8 ft from the front of the chair, individual returns to and sits.	60 seconds
Secondary	Joint Kinesthesia	The Joint Kinesthesia measurement technique involves the participant sitting in the Biodex chair with visual, audio, and tactile cues reduced and the leg supported by an external movement device. The knee is placed at a predetermined angle and slowly flexed or extended at a random starting time while the participant is instructed to signal when movement is felt.	20 minutes
Secondary	Dynamic Posturography	The participant stands on a randomly moving platform with a sonar emitter affixed to the lumbar spine. As the platform moves the linear and curvilinear displacement of the emitter is evaluated and a dynamic movement analysis core is generated.	5 minutes