Nintendo WII and Exercises at Rehabilitation of Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of Nintendo WII and Exercises at Rehabilitation of Individuals With Parkinson's Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Patients with Parkinson's disease present motor dysfunctions such as stiffness, tremor, postural instability and bradykinesia, which leads to alterations of balance, necessitating specialized physiotherapeutic treatment. In this way this study aims to determine the effectiveness of two tools used in physiotherapy, kinesiotherapy and the Nintendo Wii. 45 patients will be evaluated through the Berg Balance Scale, Dynamic Gait Index, Timed up and go and PDQ-39, and will then be randomized to receive 16 sessions of Exercises or Nintendo Wii alone or together. After this period the patients will be reassessed to verify the effects of the techniques.

Clinical Trial Description

Patients with Parkinson's disease present motor dysfunctions such as stiffness, tremor, postural instability and bradykinesia, which leads to alterations of balance, necessitating specialized physiotherapeutic treatment. In this way this study aims to determine the effectiveness of two tools used in physiotherapy, kinesiotherapy and the Nintendo Wii. 45 patients will be evaluated through the Berg Equilibrium Scale, Evaluated by the Dynamic Gait Index and the Timed up and go and PDQ-39. Later patients will be randomized to receive 16 sessions of Kinesiotherapy or Nintendo Wii alone or together, twice a week, for 50 minutes at the Neurociencias Outpatient Clinic of Teacher Magalhães Neto - FUBA. After this period the patients will be reassessed to verify the effects of the techniques. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parkinson Disease

• NCT number: NCT03235284
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Federal University of Bahia
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 1, 2015
• Completion date: August 31, 2017