NCT04963894: balanceHOME

Effects of Home Rehabilitation of Balance Based on Functional Exercises in People With Parkinson's Disease

Status unknown NA Last updated 8 December 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Home functional balance physiotherapy in Parkinson Disease in 112 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 September 2021

Primary endpoint
31 July 2023

31 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Valencia
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	112
Start date	1 September 2021
Primary completion	31 July 2023
Estimated completion	31 July 2023
Sites	2 locations across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Home functional balance physiotherapy
• Conventional physiotherapy

Conditions studied

• Parkinson Disease — all drugs for Parkinson Disease →

Sponsor

University of Valencia

Who can join

Adults 40 to 90, any sex, with Parkinson Disease. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Balance rehabilitation programs in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) that include functional exercises, i.e. using tasks of daily living in training, show improvements in variables related to balance and gait. In previous studies, the advantage of taking into account the specificity of the task and the inclusion of specific objectives for the motor rehabilitation of people with PD has been observed. The interventions with the best results are usually carried out in hospital centers or rehabilitation gyms and, in groups of people.

Due to the situation experienced since last March 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, group rehabilitation programs have been affected, especially in those pathologies that involve older age groups such as PD. For this reason, the need to transfer therapies to the home is considered, as well as to make people aware of the importance of continued rehabilitation, even from other settings. In the present study, we propose a rehabilitation program at home for people with Parkinson's disease based on balance with functional exercises, which will be compared with a home control group of people with PD that stay at home without any physical rehabilitation, and a conventional group physiotherapy program carried out in a rehabilitation gym in groups of 6 people. The effects of the experimental intervention and the control groups will be evaluated on outcomes related to balance using a dynamometric platform and outcomes related to gait through 3D photogrammetry.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Parkinson's Disease and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Particularities of Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Regarding Pathogenesis and Treatment.
   Anghelescu A, Onose G, Popescu C, Băilă M, et al · · 2022 · cited 14× · PMID 35625737 · DOI 10.3390/biomedicines10051000
2. Functional balance training in people with Parkinson's disease: a protocol of balanceHOME randomized control trial with crossover.
   Monleón Guinot S, San Martín Valenzuela C, Aranda Asensi V, de Salazar Antón C, et al · · 2023 · cited 2× · PMID 37266404 · DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1137360