Virtual Reality Effects on Functional Capacity and Quality of Life of People With Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Parkinson Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease
- Male and female
- Stage 1-3 of the Hoehn and Yahr scale.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Have other neurological diseases
- They have decompensated systemic diseases
- Musculoskeletal changes that prevent the achievement of movements
- With lowering of the cognitive level assessed using the MiniMental State examination with cutoff point according to education
- With respiratory impairment
- With medical restrictions for performing exercises
- In physical therapy, occupational therapy service for 3 months or more;
Sites / Locations
- Pernambuco Parkinson Association
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Experimental
GROUP CONTROL
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
Participants in the control group only underwent conventional physiotherapy. Conventional therapy includes stretching and strengthening exercises with cane aid, leggings , elastic band and overball for upper and lower limbs , in addition to gait and balance training. The intervention for the control group was applied for five weeks with sessions of 60 minutes twice a week
The subjects in the experimental group underwent conventional physiotherapy (The same applied in the control group) associated with virtual reality , performed with the console X -Box Kinect® of Microsoft. Durante the achievement of the virtual reality practice, Kinect and Kinect games Adventures® Dance® demanded the anterior movements players -posterior and lateral , as well as jumps and squats to get rid of the game obstacles. They Kinect Dance® game were all required movements of the previous game more dance . The intervention lasted five weeks , with two weekly sessions lasting 30 minutes to conventional therapy and 30 minutes to virtual reality.