PBINAURAL VIBROACOUS CEREBRAL STIMULATION IN PATIENT REHABILITATION WITH PARKINSON
Parkinson's disease, gait, electroencephalography, acoustic stimulation, Neurological Rehabilitation.
ABSTRACT
This study is a cross-sectional study of the randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial based on CONSORT recommendations to confirm the hypothesis that the use of binaural treadmill-associated Vibro-acoustic brain stimulation favors higher gait performance. Parkinson's individual doing treadmill workout isolated. This research is ongoing and takes place at the Functional Rehabilitation Unit of Onofre Lopes University Hospital - UFRN. The population consists of people diagnosed with Parkinson's enrolled in the Functional Rehabilitation Unit and the HUOL Neurology Outpatient Clinic, in Natal / RN. The sample will consist of n 18 patients, both sexes and aged between 55 and 75 years, calculated by statistical formula.
The importance of this research is that there are few studies on ECVAB in the rehabilitation of motor functions; for suggesting a new affordable treatment protocol for Parkinson's, with scientific evidence, and easy clinical applicability if there are changes in gait performance of the subjects studied. Therefore, it aims to verify the effects of ECVAB on gait performance of Parkinson's disease subjects. This will compare criteria related to gait in the experimental group to those in the placebo group before and after therapies.
Data collection is ongoing and partial analysis will be completed in December of this year, by which time the results of this cross-sectional study will be available.