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Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder, whose symptoms have a negative impact on quality of life and functionality. Although its main treatment is pharmacological, non-pharmacological aids such as the dynamic elastomeric fabric orthosis (DEFO) merit an evaluation....
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author | Jiménez-Barrios, María González-Bernal, Jerónimo Cubo, Esther Gabriel-Galán, José María García-López, Beatriz Berardi, Anna Tofani, Marco Galeoto, Giovanni Matthews, Martin J. A. Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian González-Santos, Josefa |
author_facet | Jiménez-Barrios, María González-Bernal, Jerónimo Cubo, Esther Gabriel-Galán, José María García-López, Beatriz Berardi, Anna Tofani, Marco Galeoto, Giovanni Matthews, Martin J. A. Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian González-Santos, Josefa |
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description | Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder, whose symptoms have a negative impact on quality of life and functionality. Although its main treatment is pharmacological, non-pharmacological aids such as the dynamic elastomeric fabric orthosis (DEFO) merit an evaluation. Our objective is to assess the DEFO in upper limb (UL) functional mobility and in the quality of life of PD patients. A total of 40 patients with PD participated in a randomized controlled crossover study, and were assigned to a control group (CG) and to an experimental group (EG). Both groups used the DEFO for two months, the experimental group the first two months of the study and the control group the last two. Motor variables were measured in the ON and OFF states at the baseline assessment and at two months. Differences from the baseline assessment were observed in some motor items of the Kinesia assessment, such as rest tremor, amplitude, rhythm or alternating movements in the ON and OFF states with and without orthosis. No differences were found in the unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale (UPDRS) or the PD quality-of-life questionnaire. The DEFO improves some motor aspects of the UL in PD patients but this does not translate to the amelioration of the standard of functional and quality-of-life scales. |
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spelling | pubmed-100492522023-03-29 Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study Jiménez-Barrios, María González-Bernal, Jerónimo Cubo, Esther Gabriel-Galán, José María García-López, Beatriz Berardi, Anna Tofani, Marco Galeoto, Giovanni Matthews, Martin J. A. Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian González-Santos, Josefa Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, neurodegenerative movement disorder, whose symptoms have a negative impact on quality of life and functionality. Although its main treatment is pharmacological, non-pharmacological aids such as the dynamic elastomeric fabric orthosis (DEFO) merit an evaluation. Our objective is to assess the DEFO in upper limb (UL) functional mobility and in the quality of life of PD patients. A total of 40 patients with PD participated in a randomized controlled crossover study, and were assigned to a control group (CG) and to an experimental group (EG). Both groups used the DEFO for two months, the experimental group the first two months of the study and the control group the last two. Motor variables were measured in the ON and OFF states at the baseline assessment and at two months. Differences from the baseline assessment were observed in some motor items of the Kinesia assessment, such as rest tremor, amplitude, rhythm or alternating movements in the ON and OFF states with and without orthosis. No differences were found in the unified Parkinson’s disease rating scale (UPDRS) or the PD quality-of-life questionnaire. The DEFO improves some motor aspects of the UL in PD patients but this does not translate to the amelioration of the standard of functional and quality-of-life scales. MDPI 2023-03-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10049252/ /pubmed/36981905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064995 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Jiménez-Barrios, María González-Bernal, Jerónimo Cubo, Esther Gabriel-Galán, José María García-López, Beatriz Berardi, Anna Tofani, Marco Galeoto, Giovanni Matthews, Martin J. A. Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian González-Santos, Josefa Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title | Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title_full | Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title_fullStr | Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title_short | Functionality and Quality of Life with Parkinson’s Disease after Use of a Dynamic Upper Limb Orthosis: A Pilot Study |
title_sort | functionality and quality of life with parkinson’s disease after use of a dynamic upper limb orthosis: a pilot study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10049252/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36981905 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064995 |
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