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Trial reportNeural plasticity2018

Effect of Group-Based Rehabilitation Combining Action Observation with Physiotherapy on Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease.

Elisa Pelosin, Roberta Barella, Cristina Bet, Elisabetta Magioncalda, Martina Putzolu, Francesca Di Biasio, Cecilia Cerulli, Mauro Casaleggio, Giovanni Abbruzzese, Laura Avanzino

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Neural plasticity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04759690 (Effects of Action Observation Training Combined With Exercises on Balance and Risk of Fall Over 65 Years Old), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT04759690 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Action Observation Training Combined With Exercises on Balance and Risk of Fall Over 65 Years Old

TypeinterventionalSponsorIstanbul Medipol University HospitalRan2020 to 2021Enrolled43ConditionsFall Prevention, ElderlyArmsAction observation, Exercise group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Exercise for Parkinsonian Individuals With Freezing of Gait.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elisa PelosinDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9880-2241
Roberta BarellaAzienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovese, S.C. Riabilitazione Territoriale N.O. Polo Riabilitativo Levante, Genoa, Italy.
Cristina BetAzienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovese, S.C. Riabilitazione Territoriale N.O. Polo Riabilitativo Levante, Genoa, Italy.
Elisabetta MagioncaldaAzienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovese, S.C. Riabilitazione Territoriale N.O. Polo Riabilitativo Levante, Genoa, Italy.
Martina PutzoluDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Francesca Di BiasioDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Cecilia CerulliDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Mauro CasaleggioAzienda Sanitaria Locale 3 Genovese, S.C. Riabilitazione Territoriale N.O. Polo Riabilitativo Levante, Genoa, Italy.
Giovanni AbbruzzeseDepartment of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics and Maternal Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Laura AvanzinoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Section of Human Physiology and Centro Polifunzionale di Scienze Motorie, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6286-1509
University of Genoa · ITASL Roma · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Freezing of gait (FoG) is among the most disabling symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Recent studies showed that action observation training (AOT) with repetitive practice of the observed actions represents a strategy to induce longer-lasting effects compared with standard physiotherapy. We investigated whether AOT may improve FoG and mobility in PD, when AOT is applied in a group-based setting. Sixty-four participants with PD and FoG were assigned to the experimental (AO) or control groups and underwent a 45-minute training session, twice a week, for 5 weeks. AOT consisted in physical training combined with action observation whereas the control group executed the same physical training combined with landscape-videos observation. Outcome measures (FoG questionnaire, Timed Up and Go test, 10-meter walking test, and Berg balance scale) were evaluated before training, at the end of training, and 4 weeks later (FU-4w). Both groups showed positive changes in all outcome measures at posttraining assessment. Improvements in FoG questionnaire, Timed Up and Go test, and Berg balance scale were retained at FU-4w evaluation only in the AOT group. AOT group-based training is feasible and effective on FoG and motor performance in PD patients and may be introduced as an adjunctive option in PD rehabilitation program.

Indexed as

Physical Therapy ModalitiesAgedFemaleGaitGait Disorders, NeurologicHumansImitative BehaviorMaleParkinson DiseasePhotic StimulationPilot ProjectsTreatment Outcome

Identifiers

PMID29977280
PMCPMC5994277
OpenAlexW2804482279

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