Effects of Gait Rehabilitation With Motor Imagery in People With Parkinson's Disease

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Physical rehabilitation of gait with motor imagery: Physical rehabilitation of gait is a type of non-invasive treatment that seeks to change the way of performing a task or motor function (in this case, gait) through movement modification and corrected repeated practice, taking into account the alterations, limitations and considerations related to the disease suffered by the person. In this intervention, in addition to physical exercise to correct gait, mental exercises will be included in which the patient visualizes himself performing the exercises that he will then develop with the body.

Physical rehabilitation of gait without motor imagery: Physical rehabilitation of gait is a type of non-invasive treatment that seeks to change the way of performing a task or motor function (in this case, gait) through movement modification and corrected repeated practice, taking into account the alterations, limitations and considerations related to the disease suffered by the person. Motor imagery exercises are not included in this program.

Study summary

This study aims to determine whether gait physiotherapy combined with motor imagery exercises has a superior effect than gait physiotherapy without motor imagery in people with Parkinson's disease. To do this, a six-week training program will be carried out twice a week, where walking exercises and motor imaging will be performed in the experimental group while walking exercises only, will be conducted in the control group. Motor imagery exercises consist of developing a mental exercise by which an individual rehearses or simulates a given action. We hypothesize that participants who perform motor imagery exercises have better results than participants who train without imagery exercises. To analyze the effect of the programs will be assess the gait, the functionality in activities of daily living, the motor capacity, and the perception of the quality of life of the participants.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Gait velocity at the post-training time (primary time point) — 6 weeks
  Distance traveled by the body per unit of time at self-selected or comfortable speed, in the direction considered. It is expressed in meters per second (m / s).

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