Trial reportBMC neurology2011
Falls and mobility in Parkinson's disease: protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC neurology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Interventions for preventing falls in Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Physiotherapy for Parkinson's disease: a comparison of techniques.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
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- A novel conceptual framework for balance training in Parkinson's disease-study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.BMC neurology · 2012Trial
- Health-related quality of life and strain in caregivers of Australians with Parkinson's disease: an observational study.BMC neurology · 2012Trial
- Protocol for a home-based integrated physical therapy program to reduce falls and improve mobility in people with Parkinson's disease.BMC neurology · 2012Trial
- Motor Assessment Timed Test (MATT): A New Timed Test to Assess Functional Mobility in Parkinson's Disease Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Predicting future fallers in Parkinson's disease using kinematic data over a period of 5 years.NPJ digital medicine · 2024Article
- Effects of a Resistance Training Protocol on Physical Performance, Body Composition, Bone Metabolism, and Systemic Homeostasis in Patients Diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Efficacy of a multiple-component and multifactorial personalized fall prevention program in a mixed population of community-dwelling older adults with stroke, Parkinson's Disease, or frailty compared to usual care: The PRE.C.I.S.A. randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Impact of Sex on the Nonmotor Symptoms and the Health-Related Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease.Parkinson's disease · 2016Article
- Determinants of health-related quality of life in people with Parkinson's disease: a path analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2013Article
- Health-related quality of life of australians with Parkinson disease: a comparison with international studies.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2012Article
- Feasibility, safety, and compliance in a randomized controlled trial of physical therapy for Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's disease · 2012Article
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10 authors.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough physical therapy and falls prevention education are argued to reduce falls and disability in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, this has not yet been confirmed with a large scale randomised controlled clinical trial. The study will investigate the effects on falls, mobility and quality of life of (i) movement strategy training combined with falls prevention education, (ii) progressive resistance strength training combined with falls prevention education, (iii) a generic life-skills social program (control group). METHODS/
designPeople with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who live at home will be recruited and randomly allocated to one of three groups. Each person shall receive therapy in an out-patient setting in groups of 3-4. Each group shall be scheduled to meet once per week for 2 hours for 8 consecutive weeks. All participants will also have a structured 2 hour home practice program for each week during the 8 week intervention phase. Assessments will occur before therapy, after the 8 week therapy program, and at 3 and 12 months after the intervention. A falls calendar will be kept by each participant for 12 months after outpatient therapy.Consistent with the recommendations of the Prevention of Falls Network Europe group, three falls variables will be used as the primary outcome measures: the number of fallers, the number of multiple fallers and the falls rate. In addition to quantifying falls, we shall measure mobility, activity limitations and quality of life as secondary outcomes. DISCUSSION: This study has the potential to determine whether outpatient movement strategy training combined with falls prevention education or progressive resistance strength training combined with falls prevention education are effective for reducing falls and improving mobility and life quality in people with Parkinson's disease who live at home.
trial registrationAustralia and New Zealand Clinical Trials Register (ANZCTR): ACTRN12606000344594.
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