The Effect of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Exercises in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Investigation of the Effect of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Exercises on Spinal Posture, Cervical Proprioception and Postural Instability in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PH); it occurs due to dopamine deficiency due to the loss of dopaminergic neurons in a degenerative process in the substantia nigra found in the middle brain; resting tremor, bradykinesia, trunk and extremities rigidity, mask facial and postural instability characterized by a neurodegenerative disease. These findings are basic and also motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. Non-motor symptoms include many problems ranging from autonomic dysfunction to sensory symptoms.

Treatment of Parkinson's disease requires a multidisciplinary approach such as medical treatment, physiotherapy and rehabilitation, surgical treatment.

Physiotherapy programs applied to patients with Parkinson's disease include classical physiotherapy methods and neurophysiological based methods.

Spinal stabilization is an important concept for proper control of body balance and extremity movements. Spinal stabilization training was based on biomechanics, neurophysiology and physiotherapy research. Stabilization exercises, which form the basis of spinal stabilization training, increase the strength and endurance of the postural and stabilizing muscles using the basic principles of motor learning and improve stability control in stable and unstable positions, provides postural smoothness.

The cervical region is one of the most affected regions of the musculoskeletal system due to the intensive proprioceptors.

Although studies have been carried out to investigate the effect of spinal stabilization exercises in Parkinson's patients, there is no study on the effect of cervical region stabilization exercises in the literature despite these important connections of the cervical region.

For these reasons, this study is planned to investigate the effects of cervical spinal stabilization exercises on spinal posture, cervical proprioception and postural instability in Parkinson's patients.

Hypothesis 1: When cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program in Parkinson's patients, it will be more effective in correcting spinal posture.

Hypothesis 2: When cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program in Parkinson's patients, cervical proprioception will develop better.

Hypothesis 3: In the case of Parkinson's patients, when the cervical spinal stabilization exercises are added to the traditional physiotherapy program, postural stability may be more pronounced.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parkinson Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: cervical spinal stabilization exercise

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 18
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Ankara, Turkey
    • Hacettepe University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 40 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease,
• Having planned a traditional physiotherapy program for Parkinson's disease and referring to Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department,
• 40 to 80 years old,
• According to Hoehn-Yahr scale to be in stage 2 or 3,
• Having scored 30 points above the posture evaluation
• Postural disorder in the femoral region, but the absence of structural disorder (congenital spinal deformities in medical evaluations prior to the study, structural disorders caused by other diseases should be determined that the spine does not have problems),
• 26 points higher than the mini-mental test,
• Disease duration is 3 years and above,
• The absence of any other neurological disease other than vestibular and / or Parkinson's, which may affect muscle strength, balance and coordination,
• Spinal colon and lower extremity musculoskeletal system, which may affect the stabilization of any surgery has been identified as.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Volunteers who do not comply with the inclusion criteria will not be included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: control group
Experimental: working group	Other: cervical spinal stabilization exercise; The cervical region is one of the most affected regions of the musculoskeletal system due to the intensive proprioceptors. Studies have shown that many position sense proprioceptors are over the deep group cervical muscles such as longus colitis and longus capitis. The deep group cervical muscles, which perform a dynamic ligament function, have an important role in maintaining the stability of the spine as well as the proprioceptive sense. In particular, proprioceptive receptors, which are commonly found in the deep suboccipital muscles; There are cervical and reflex connections with vestibular, visual and postural control systems.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Static Posturography	balance measurement (Number of Participants estimated 20 individuals)	baseline to 8 week after
X-Ray Measure	scoliosis graphy	baseline to 8 week after
Bubble Inclinometer	measurement of spine curvature angle (Number of Participants estimated 20 individuals)	baseline to 8 week after
Scoliometer	measurement of spine curvature angle	baseline to 8 week after
UPDRS	Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale. There are 4 sub-parameters. 1. mental status, behavior and mental state 2. daily life activities 3. motor inspection 4. treatment complications. mental status, behavior and mental state total 16 points, daily activity total 52 points, Motor parameter total 92 points, treatment complications total 23 points. Total maximum 183 points. the total score is calculated by adding all sub-parameter scores. low value is good, high value is a symptom of bad result.	baseline to 8 week after
Berg Balance Scale	balance measurement. It is a 14-item balance scale. The range of points is between 0 and 56. The total score is calculated by summing the points of each item. high score good balance, low score indicates bad balance.	baseline to 8 week after
Posture Analyse	is a scale that evaluates the participant's 13 different regions from posterior and lateral to postural disorder. the scoring of each region is 1-3-5. if normal is 5 points, moderate level is 3 points, if there is any advanced disorder 1 point is given. the total score is determined by summing all the values. total maximum 65, minimum 13 points. high score good posture, low score indicates bad posture	baseline to 8 week after
Cervical Proprioception	A tool used to evaluate the sense of proprioception in the cervical region of the participants with the Cervical Range of Measure(CROM) device	baseline to 8 week after
Visual Analog Scale	Visual Analog Scala. Numerical rating scale of pain intensity. 0 to 10 is a scale with a rating. 0 points no pain 10 points is a scale with very severe pain. the participant is asked to say a value in this range according to the severity of pain.	baseline to 8 week after
10 meter walk test	walking speed calculation	baseline to 8 week after
Timed Get up and Walk Test	walking time and cadence calculation	baseline to 8 week after
Cervical Ventral Endurance Evaluation	Endurance evaluation will be done to deep cervical flexor extensor muscles	baseline to 8 week after
Muscle Strength Assessment	evaluation of the strength of the muscles in the cervical region and shoulder circumference	baseline to 8 week after
Evaluation of Muscle Shortness	measurement of shortness of some muscles in upper extremity and lower extremity with goniometer and tape measure	baseline to 8 week after
Normal Joint Movement Assessment	measurement of normal range of motion	baseline to 8 week after
Short Form-36	SF-36 (Short Form 36). Quality of life survey. examines 8 dimensions of health with 36 items. physical function, social function, role restrictions, mental health, vitality, pain and general health. The scores of each parameter are between 0 and 100. 0 bad, 100 good results. is calculated by taking the values of the sub-parameters.	baseline to 8 week after

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hacettepe University
• Collaborators: BElibol; NKöse; GYÇakmaklı; SAksoy; RGöçmen

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Jankovic J. Parkinson's disease: clinical features and diagnosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2008 Apr;79(4):368-76. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.131045.
• Kay TM, Gross A, Goldsmith CH, Rutherford S, Voth S, Hoving JL, Bronfort G, Santaguida PL. Exercises for mechanical neck disorders. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Aug 15;(8):CD004250. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004250.pub4.
• Park A, Stacy M. Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. J Neurol. 2009 Aug;256 Suppl 3:293-8. doi: 10.1007/s00415-009-5240-1.
• Shujaat F, Soomro N, Khan M. The effectiveness of Kayaking exercises as compared to general mobility exercises in reducing axial rigidity and improve bed mobility in early to mid stage of Parkinson's disease. Pak J Med Sci. 2014 Sep;30(5):1094-8. doi: 10.12669/pjms.305.5231.
• Carter JM, Beam WC, McMahan SG, Barr ML, Brown LE. The effects of stability ball training on spinal stability in sedentary individuals. J Strength Cond Res. 2006 May;20(2):429-35. doi: 10.1519/R-18125.1.
• Kaya DO, Ergun N, Hayran M. Effects of different segmental spinal stabilization exercise protocols on postural stability in asymptomatic subjects: randomized controlled trial. J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2012;25(2):109-16. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2012-0318.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 4, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 26, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): August 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 16, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 23, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): February 26, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 26, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 18, 2021
• Last Verified: October 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: Parkinson's disease treatment

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Yes

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No