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Foot Reflexology on Chronic Pain in Parkinsonian Patients

CompletedNot applicableNCT04705207
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

Pain is one of the non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease still poorly known and misdiagnosed and its management is complex. This encourage to explore new non-drug therapeutic paths, such as foot reflexology (FR). the present study proposed a comparison of the evolution of different parameters, quantitative and qualitative, to identify biomarkers and highlight the specific effect of FR on pain, compared to sham massage.

Study details

Official title
Exploratory Study of the Impact of Foot Reflexology on Chronic Pain in Parkinsonian Patients
Interventions
  • Procedure: reflexology massage
  • Procedure: sham massage
Sponsor
University Hospital, Toulouse
Start date
2021-04-14
Primary completion
2023-05-25
Sex
All
Age range
from 18 Years to 100 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
France
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with an age egal at 18 years old or more, * Patient presenting a little fluctuating Parkinson's disease attested by a score ≤ 2 on the MDS UPDRS IV, * Patients with chronic pain for at least 3 months with a VAS ≥ 4 * Patients whose anti-parkinsonian treatment is stable throughout the duration of the study and at least for 4 weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with cognitive impairment defined by an MOCA\<25 * Patient presenting contraindication to carrying out the MRI examination * Patient refusing to be informed of any abnormality detected on brain MRI * Patient included in a clinical trial that potentially interferes with the objective of the study, * Patient resistant to foot massage, * Patient having benefited from a Foot reflexology session in the last 6 months, - Patient presenting skin lesions in the feet, * Patient having a recent fracture in the feet, * Patient having an history of phlebitis less than 3 months and history of deep vein thrombosis.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04705207