Treadmill Training and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT00890669

Last Updated: 2009-05-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

9 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2007-08-31

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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Parkinson's disease (PD) causes motor and non-motor impairments that affect the quality of life of the subjects. The purpose was to assess the effects of treadmill walking training with additional body load on the quality of life and motor symptoms of the subjects with PD.

Methods: Nine subjects with PD, Hoehn and Yahr stages 2 through 3, not demented and with capability to ambulate independently voluntarily participate in this study. The training program was divided into three phases (A1-B-A2): treadmill training with additional body load (A1), control condition (conventional physical therapy group) (B) and treadmill training with load again (A2). Each phase lasted six weeks. The quality of life and motor symptoms were assessed by PDQ-39 and UPDRS, respectively. Both evaluations and training were performed during on-phase of the medication cycle.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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PD Group

Nine subjects with idiopathic PD, previously diagnosed by one specialist physician participated in this study.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Treadmill walking training with additional body load

Intervention Type OTHER

The training program was divided into three phases (A1-B-A2):

* treadmill training with additional body load (A1),
* control condition (conventional physical therapy group) (B). and
* treadmill training with additional body load again (A2).

Each phase lasted six weeks, totaling 18 weeks. Both evaluations and training were performed during on-phase of the medication cycle.

Interventions

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Treadmill walking training with additional body load

The training program was divided into three phases (A1-B-A2):

* treadmill training with additional body load (A1),
* control condition (conventional physical therapy group) (B). and
* treadmill training with additional body load again (A2).

Each phase lasted six weeks, totaling 18 weeks. Both evaluations and training were performed during on-phase of the medication cycle.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) stages 2 through 3
* Absence of dementia (Mini-Mental Status Examination - MMSE, defined according to educational level)
* Capacity to ambulate independently for at least 10 meters

Exclusion Criteria

* Change medication (dopaminergic) during the study period
* Use treadmill for at least six months prior to the study
* Other neurologic problems or musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory disease or uncorrected visual deficit that could represent risk and interfere in the accomplishment of the training
Minimum Eligible Age

51 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

81 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Principal Investigators

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Nadiesca T Filippin, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Rosana Mattioli, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Paula H Lobo da Costa, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Locations

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Universidade Federal de São Carlos

São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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CEP/UFSCar

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

234/07

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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