Gait physiotherapy with motor imagery in people with Parkinson's disease: a protocol for randomized control GAITimagery trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

According to people with Parkinson's disease (PD), gait impairments are the most disabling motor symptoms of PD. Recently, motor imagery (MI) has gained notoriety as a gait training technique due to the flexibility of its use, however, it has not been demonstrated that causes a superior effect when included in physiotherapy. This study aims to determine if gait training combined with MI has a greater effect on the gait of people with PD than just gait training.

Methods

The GAITimagery is designed as a double-blind, randomized control trial, including a convenience sample in 2 parallel groups (1:1) with two interventions of 2 sessions per week during 6-week and 8-week follow-up. The initial recruitment will be 88 participants with idiopathic PD and unimpaired cog

SUBMITTER: San Martin Valenzuela C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783183 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature