Effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatmen… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Parkinson Disease Balance; Distorted Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Mental Disorders Motor Disorders Movement Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinsonian Disorders Synucleinopathies

Age range

40 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Riphah International University

Islamabad, Fedral, 44000, Pakistan

About this study

This study will be conducted to compare the effects of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG and conventional physiotherapy on dynamic balance in patients of PD. Patients will be recruited according to inclusion criteria and data will be collected from Riphah rehabilitation center, National Hospital Lahore. Dynamic gait index will be used as data collection tool to test dynamic balance of patients. Patients will be allocated to intervention groups by randomization. After approval from ethical committee, data collection will be started and informed consent will be taken from all patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Stage I, II, III Parkinson's patients on Hoehn &;Yahr classification
Able to walk without assistive devices
Stable medication 4 weeks prior to and during study

Exclusion criteria

Patients with depression or dementia
Disabling bradykinesia to make sure patients are efficient to engage and cooperate in conventional physical therapy

Treatment and study plan

Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG

Other

Patients assigned to experimental group will get Lee Silverman Voice Treatment BIG along with conventional treatment.

conventional treatment

Other

patients in this group will get conventional treatment program encompassing set of exercises such as complex motor sequences, stretching, dual tasking, mental imagery and core stability.

Primary outcomes

Dynamic Gait Index

Time frame: 9 months

Dynamic gait index assesses postural stability, gait, and balance. It evaluates various gait- related tasks with challenging situations such as head turn, speed change, obstacles and stairs climbing.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Riphah International University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2022
Study completion: 2022
First posted: Aug 8, 2022
Registry last updated: Nov 9, 2022

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