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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023

Feasibility and effectiveness of a remote individual rehabilitation program for people with Parkinson's disease living in the Brazilian Amazon: a randomized clinical trial.

Luciana Fernandes Pastana Ramos, Tamires de Cássia Santos Vilacorta-Pereira, Juliana Dos Santos Duarte, Elizabeth Sumi Yamada, Bruno Lopes Santos-Lobato

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Telerehabilitation for Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis based on randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. Telerehabilitation for the treatment of nocturnal hypokinesia in people with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  10. The Safety of Telerehabilitation: Systematic Review.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luciana Fernandes Pastana RamosLaboratório de Neuropatologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Tamires de Cássia Santos Vilacorta-PereiraLaboratório de Neuropatologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Juliana Dos Santos DuarteLaboratório de Neuropatologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Elizabeth Sumi YamadaLaboratório de Neuropatologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Bruno Lopes Santos-LobatoLaboratório de Neuropatologia Experimental, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Pará · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disorder, and the current treatment involves pharmacological intervention and physiotherapy. Telerehabilitation, which involves remote support and guidance for patients undergoing rehabilitation, can potentially improve access to physiotherapy services for people with Parkinson's disease, especially those who face geographic barriers to healthcare. The primary aim of this study was to assess the feasibility and efficacy of a telerehabilitation program for people with Parkinson's disease living in an underrepresented community of the Brazilian Amazon. We conducted a parallel-group, single-center, single-blind, phase 2 randomized controlled clinical trial involving 19 participants diagnosed with Parkinson's disease from Belém, Brazil. Participants were assigned to a 4-week individual telerehabilitation program or a booklet-based exercise program (control group). Assessments were conducted before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention. We showed that our telerehabilitation program had high adherence among patients, with minimal adverse effects. Both telerehabilitation and booklet orientation reduced the time to complete the Timed Up and Go test. In conclusion, our telerehabilitation program was feasible and effective for people with Parkinson's disease in an Amazonian setting. This trial was registered at the Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos (ReBEC) under the identifier: RBR-6sz837s.

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interventionoutcomesParkinson's diseasephysiotherapytelerehabilitation

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PMID37693755
PMCPMC10485362
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