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NCT Number: NCT01120392

Virtual Reality in Motor Performance and Quality of Life in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Treatment with Nintendo wii is higher to physical therapy conventional in the quality of life and motor performance in patients with Parkinson's disease.

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Key information

Conditions

Parkinson Disease Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Movement Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinsonian Disorders Synucleinopathies

Age range

50 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2 / Phase 3

Primary location

Ambulatorio Magalhães Neto

Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil

About this study

The aim of this study is to assess if the treatment of rehabilitation with Nintendo wii is higher to the conventional in the quality of life and motor performance in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
  • Both the sex with age between 50 and 80 years
  • To be in it I serve as apprentice of 1 the 3,0 in the scale of Hoehn Yahr

Exclusion criteria

  • Cognitive impairment
  • Poorly controlled arterial hypertension
  • Poorly controlled Cardiopathy

Treatment and study plan

treatment with Nintendo wii.

Other

Participants Will receive treatment with Nintendo Wii over one months. These Patients Will Be subjected to mobilization of stem and stretching. Then Will Be Submitted to Nintendo wii games. Will Be Submitted This group three times a week to a treatment protocol with boxing exercises with wii sports and wii fit

Physical therapy conventional.

Other

Conventional exercises used with the same goals for the group with wii

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of life

    Time frame: 4 weeks (Baseline and after four weeks)

    Parkinson's disease questionnaire (PDQ-39)

  2. Motor performance

    Time frame: 4 weeks (Baseline and after four weeks)

    the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS.)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Federal University of Bahia

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
May 11, 2010
Registry last updated
Dec 7, 2011

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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