2019/06/25 by Pietro Araújo dos Santos, Giselle Bárbara de Almeida Scaldaferri, Luan Rafael Aguiar dos Santos +3 · 1 citation
Health Professions · Medicine · Psychology · #Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention #Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery #Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Disorders #Physical therapy #Checklist #Rehabilitation #Medicine #Meta-analysis #Balance (ability) #Quality of life (healthcare) #Physical medicine and rehabilitation #Confidence interval #Randomized controlled trial #Parkinson's disease #Berg Balance Scale #Psychological intervention #MEDLINE #Disease #Psychology #Surgery #Internal medicine
paper · doi:10.3233/nre-192700
openalex publication_date 2019/06/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
BACKGROUND: Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) used the Nintendo Wii (NW) in the treatment of Parkinson Disease, however, no meta-analysis was developed to determine the effects in these patients. OBJECTIVE: To analyze RCTs that investigated the effects of NW versus traditional physiotherapy on balance rehabilitation and quality of life of patients with PD. METHODS: Electronic research was conducted between December 2018 and January 2019 in the MEDLINE, PEDro, CENTRAL, LILACS and SciELO databases. The methodological quality was evaluated by the PEDro scale and the completeness of the description of the interventions by the TIDieR checklist. Weighted mean differences (WMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. RESULTS: Five studies were included and presented an average of 5.4 (1.5) on the PEDro scale and 6.7 (1.4) on the TIDieR. Compared to traditional physiotherapy, combined NW and traditional physiotherapy resulted in improvement in balance WMD 1.24 (95% CI: CI: 0.2 to 2.3 N = 72) and quality of life WMD- 8.9 (95% CI: -15.2 to -2.6 N = 56). CONCLUSION: combined NW and traditional physiotherapy was more effective on balance rehabilitation and quality of life of patients with PD, but the values demonstrated a poor methodological quality and a low level of completeness of the intervention descriptions.