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Trial reportBMC neurology2012

Protocol for a home-based integrated physical therapy program to reduce falls and improve mobility in people with Parkinson's disease.

Meg E Morris, Clarissa Martin, Jennifer L McGinley, Frances E Huxham, Hylton B Menz, Nicholas F Taylor, Mary Danoudis, Jennifer J Watts, Sze-Ee Soh, Andrew H Evans and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC neurology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Interventions for preventing falls in Parkinson's disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Meg E MorrisDepartment of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC 3010, Australia. m.morris@unimelb.edu.au
Clarissa Martin
Jennifer L McGinley
Frances E Huxham
Hylton B Menz
Nicholas F Taylor
Mary Danoudis
Jennifer J Watts
Sze-Ee Soh
Andrew H Evans
Malcolm Horne
Peter Kempster
University of Melbourne · AULa Trobe University · AUMonash Medical Centre · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe high incidence of falls associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) increases the risk of injuries and immobility and compromises quality of life. Although falls education and strengthening programs have shown some benefit in healthy older people, the ability of physical therapy interventions in home settings to reduce falls and improve mobility in people with Parkinson's has not been convincingly demonstrated. METHODS/

design180 community living people with PD will be randomly allocated to receive either a home-based integrated rehabilitation program (progressive resistance strength training, movement strategy training and falls education) or a home-based life skills program (control intervention). Both programs comprise one hour of treatment and one hour of structured homework per week over six weeks of home therapy. Blinded assessments occurring before therapy commences, the week after completion of therapy and 12 months following intervention will establish both the immediate and long-term benefits of home-based rehabilitation. The number of falls, number of repeat falls, falls rate and time to first fall will be the primary measures used to quantify outcome. The economic costs associated with injurious falls, and the costs of running the integrated rehabilitation program from a health system perspective will be established. The effects of intervention on motor and global disability and on quality of life will also be examined. DISCUSSION: This study will provide new evidence on the outcomes and cost effectiveness of home-based movement rehabilitation programs for people living with PD.

trial registrationThe trial is registered on the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN12608000390381).

Indexed as

Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedFemaleHome Care ServicesHumansMaleMiddle AgedMovement DisordersParkinson DiseasePhysical Therapy ModalitiesPrevalenceRisk AssessmentTreatment OutcomeVictoria

Identifiers

PMID22799601
PMCPMC3436761
OpenAlexW2134798768

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