Tai Chi Intervention by Telerehabilitation (TeleParkinson)

Tai Chi Intervention by Telerehabilitation as an Innovative Solution for Parkinson's Disease Population

Rational : A lot of people in the province of Quebec suffer from Parkinson's disease and they are mostly vulnerable because they gradually lose their autonomy with the worsening of the disease. Physiotherapy was proven to be an effective treatment method for these patients. However, accessibility to care remains a major issue.

Objective: This project aims to establish the clinical feasibility of a Tai chi rehabilitation program through tele rehabilitation to patients suffering of Parkinson's disease.

Methodology : This pilot study will be conduct with a pre/post-test device. Therefore, to reach the objective, an evaluation will be done before the intervention and directly after the end of the 12 weeks program. Also, the obstacles encountered during the interventions will be noted in a logbook.

Benefits: This is a priority research because its aim is to develop a care system that is efficient and accessible for a target population. The results of this study will confirm the possibility to put in place a telerehabilitation program who could reach, on a larger scale, more patients suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parkinson Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Rehabilitation intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 2
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Canada
  • Sherbrooke, Canada
    • Research Centre on Aging
  • Quebec
    • Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1K 2R1
      • Université de Sherbrooke

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• to be diagnosed with Parkinson Disease according to the " Movement Disorders Society's diagnostic criteria " for at least 3 years
• Presence of a postural instability measured by the pull test according to Movement Disorders Society-Sponsored revision scale of Unified Parkinson Disease Rating scale " (MDS-UPDRS) with a score to item 3, 12 ≥ 1,
• Have access to Internet
• Have a caregiver available during rehabilitation sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have a une cognitive impairment measured by the " Mini-Mental State Examination " (MMSE), with a total score < 24.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Telerehabilitation; Tai Chi intervention by telerehabilitation (3-month intervention, three sessions per week: two supervised session and one unsupervised session).	Other: Rehabilitation intervention; Rehabilitation sessions based on Tai Chi through telerehabilitation; Other Names: Télérehabilitation (Tai Chi)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in balance	Mini BESTest	3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in quality of life	PDQ-39 (Parkinson Disease Questionnaire - 39)This questionnaire assesses how often people affected by Parkinson's experience difficulties across 8 dimensions of daily living.Percentage score ranging between 0 and 100 (100%: more health problems).	3 months
Satisfaction with service received	Satisfaction with health care services received (questionnaire, total score on 100%, 0% not satisfied at all with service received, 100%: very satisfied) )	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Michel Tousignant, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 22, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 6, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): June 6, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 23, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 12, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): June 14, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 29, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 27, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Tai Chi; Telerehabilitation; Parkinson Disease
• 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: 2020-3253

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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