Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Dexterous Skills in Parkinson's Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Conditions:
Parkinson Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background and aim: Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) exhibit disturbed manual dexterity. This impairment leads to difficulties in activities of daily living (ADL) such as buttoning a T-shirt or ...
Detailed Description
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects both motor and non-motor basal ganglia circuitry (Stern et al., 2012). The degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients will be included if they fulfill the criteria defined by the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank Criteria (Hughes et al. 1992), with Hoehn and Yahr stages II to IV.
Exclusion
- Significant medical, psychiatric co-morbidity including dementia as defined by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) (Gill et al. 2008)
- Patients who received OT in the last 12 months to avoid carryover effects
- Inability to complete questionnaires (i.e. due to cognitive problems)
- Participation in another intervention trial
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
103 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02297893
Start Date
November 1 2014
End Date
August 1 2016
Last Update
August 31 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Luzerner Kantonsspital
Lucerne, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 6000