Physiotherapy is a discipline which englobe not only the rehabilitation of physical pathologies but also their prevention. That is why this study pretends to upgrade this part of the physical therapy specialty while prove new therapies using innovation technologies in people with any physical neurological disease. The main problem that this study pretends to solve is the necessity of develop new activities to improve quality of life and integration in people with any physical neurological disease. People with any neurological disease used to present visual problems, pain, fatigue, functional dependence, and a bad quality of life and it appears that exercise habits could improve all these deficiencies. However, how could people with any physical neurological disease participate in an integrated way in nowadays physical activities? The main objective of this study is to prove the effectiveness on visual acuity, quality of life, pain decreasing, functional independence and fatigue of physical therapy modalities in people with any physical neurological disease. The experiment will take part with 128 participants, divided equally in control and experimental groups. Both are going to receive adapted yoga sessions but only experiment group is going to test oculomotor therapy. Descriptive investigation would take part at the end of the intervention to analyze all results.
Participants will complete several questionnaires at the start and at the end of the study, to quantify the progress. Also, a professional will evaluate the sessions. Sessions are going to be online and offline, and both will be recorded (with the registered permission of the participants), so they could be analyzed lately.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
128
Visual exercise to improve oculomotor behavior.
Muscular Stretching Therapy, postural control, respiratory physiotherapy.
Universidad de Málaga
Málaga, Spain
Visual acuity (start point)
Visual acuity is going to be measured by reading performance, in which users must to read aloud a short text and examiner will count the number of words per second.
Time frame: Baseline.
Visual acuity (final point)
Visual acuity is going to be measured by reading performance, in which users must to read aloud a short text and examiner will count the number of words per second.
Time frame: At study completion, immediately after all the sessions, after 6 weeks.
Search strategy (first session)
Using flickering letters that users will explain to examiner, number, type, color and orientation.
Time frame: Baseline, at first session.
Search strategy (through sessions)
Using flickering letters that users will explain to examiner, number, type, color and orientation.
Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 6 weeks.
Search strategy (sixth session)
Using flickering letters that users will explain to examiner, number, type, color and orientation.
Time frame: At the final intervention, at 6 weeks.
Accomplishment registration
Examiner will take note of the number of sessions carried out and their full compliance.
Time frame: After the intervention, at 6 weeks.
Quality accomplishment registration
Examiner will also take note of the quality of the accomplishment of the sessions: position, breathing and resistance.
Time frame: After the intervention, at 6 weeks.
The McGill Pain Questionnaire (baseline)
It is a questionnaire to monitor the pain over time and to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Total score: 0-45, where 0 means no dolor and 45 means the worse outcome.
Time frame: Baseline.
The McGill Pain Questionnaire (final)
It is a questionnaire to monitor the pain over time and to determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Total score: 0-45, where 0 means no dolor and 45 means the worse outcome.
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention, at 6 weeks.
Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) (baseline)
A questionnaire that serves to register the difference fatigue that users could feel after an exercise therapy program. Total score: 0-84, where 0 means no fatigue and 84 means the worse outcome.
Time frame: Baseline.
Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) (final)
A questionnaire that serves to register the difference fatigue that users could feel after an exercise therapy program. Total score: 0-84, where 0 means no fatigue and 84 means the worse outcome.
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention, at 6 weeks.
SF-36 health questionnaire (baseline)
A questionnaire that allows to quantify the quality of life of users. 36 items are measured. Total score: 0-100, where 0 means the worse score (bad health) and 100 means the better score.
Time frame: Baseline.
SF-36 health questionnaire (final)
A questionnaire that allows to quantify the quality of life of users. 36 items are measured. Total score: 0-100, where 0 means the worse score (bad health) and 100 means the better score.
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention, at 6 weeks.
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) questionnaire (baseline)
A questionnaire that make possible to register the functional independence. FIM scores range from 1 to 7 (1 = total assist and 7 = complete independence).
Time frame: Baseline.
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) questionnaire (final)
A questionnaire that make possible to register the functional independence. FIM scores range from 1 to 7 (1 = total assist and 7 = complete independence).
Time frame: Immediately after the intervention, at 6 weeks.
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