Smartphone-based Wearable Telerehabilitation
Parkinson Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Parkinson Disease focused on measuring Parkinson's disease, In-home balance training, Smartphone-based wearable telerehabilitation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age between 50 and 75 years.
- Diagnosis of idiopathic PD with a score of 2 and 4 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale.
- Live with family members or have caregivers.
- Able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Inability to provide informed consent.
- Cognitive score less than 26 as determined by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.
- Are not ready for physical activity as determined by the modified Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire.
- Have dyskinesia.
- Unable to stand independently for 10 minutes due to dyskinesia.
- Have severe distal sensory loss.
- Are medically unstable (chest pain upon exertion, dyspnea, or epilepsy).
Have any peripheral, neurological, or musculoskeletal conditions other than PD.
- History of peripheral sensory disease that might affect balance stability (e.g., peripheral neuropathy, Type 2 diabetes, vestibular disorder, etc.).
- History of central neurologic dysfunction such as stroke or myelopathy.
- History of functionally significant musculoskeletal dysfunction (e.g., lower extremity total joint replacement in the past six months, lower extremity fracture/sprain in the past six months, limited ankle range of motion (ankle dorsiflexor/plantar flexor weakness or great toe weakness), etc.).
- Body mass index (BMI) over 35 computed from individual's height and weight.
Sites / Locations
- Center for Neuromotor and Biomechanics Research
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Smartphone-based balance exercises
Paper-based balance exercises
This group will complete in-home dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises (i.e., physical therapists' recommended dynamic balance exercises) with a smartphone-based wearable telerehabilitation system.
This group will complete in-home dynamic weight-shifting balance exercises (i.e., physical therapists' recommended dynamic balance exercises) with typical paper-based instructions.