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Telerehabilitation in People With Parkinson's Disease
Sponsor: IRCCS San Raffaele Roma
Summary
Although TeleRehabilitation (TR) is widely accepted as an appropriate model for the provision of professional health services in the field of physiotherapy, with already established standards, guidelines and policies, there are still few studies in the literature on the use of TR as a rehabilitation tool in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Therefore, further studies on the efficacy of TR in the management of motor and non-motor symptoms of PD are needed. The study TEMPO aims at assessing the efficacy (in terms of autonomy in carrying out the activities of daily life) of a home TR program based on serious games in people with PD compared to conventional day-hospital treatment.
Official title: Home Telerehabilitation Based on Serious Games for Continuity of Care in People With Parkinson's Disease
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
30 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
40
Start Date
2022-09-01
Completion Date
2026-03-31
Last Updated
2025-03-30
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
VRRS Tablet (Khymeia s.r.l., Noventa Padovana, Italy)
The patients will carry out motor, speech, and cognitive rehabilitation exercises using the VRRS Tablet (Khymeia s.r.l., Noventa Padovana, Italy). The motor exercises will be performed using inertial sensors for the acquisition and processing of the movement performed by the patient. This data is shown to the patient with visual and auditory feedback in a serious games environment. The exercises will cover the rehabilitation of balance and lower limbs, for example Balance on one leg, March in place, Stand on tiptoe, Squat, etc. The physiotherapists involved in the study will define a protocol of exercises in TR mode customized according to the characteristics and needs of the patient. The exercises in the speech therapy and cognitive domains will be defined by the specialized staff based on the characteristics of the patient. The duration of the rehabilitation treatments is 9 hours per week.
Conventional rehabilitation
The patients will carry out conventional rehabilitation treatments (including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychotherapy) without the use of any technological devices. The motor exercises will concern the rehabilitation of balance, trunk, and lower limbs and will be performed with a physiotherapist who will customize the treatment based on the characteristics and needs of the patient. The occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychotherapy treatments will be defined by the specialized staff based on the characteristics of the patient. The duration of the rehabilitation treatments is 9 hours per week.
Locations (2)
San Raffaele Cassino
Cassino, Frosinone, Italy
IRCCS San Raffaele Roma
Rome, Italy, Italy