Online Dance Versus Therapeutic Exercise for Parkinson Disease.

NCT ID: NCT05910216

Last Updated: 2025-12-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-10-16
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-30

Brief Summary

This is a randomized clinical trial in an online format, which will only include people with PD randomly divided into two groups:

Group 1 - Social Telerehabilitation with Dance and Music Group 2 - Social Telerehabilitation with Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise and Music

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Group Dance & Music (Online)

Social Telerehabilitation with Dance \& Music (Online): The dance intervention will be instructed by a physiotherapist and dance professional, who will follow a structure based on the materials of the Dance for Parkinson's (USA) ® method

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dance & Music (Online)

Intervention Type: OTHER

This is a social telerehabilitation with dance and music. It will include artistic form, imageries using scenic arts, imageries using aspects of theater and storytelling, movement improvisation, choreography and sequence of movements, complex dance movements, fluidity of movement or connection between one movement and another, rhythmicity and/or movement built with music. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization

Group Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise & Music (Online)

Social Telerehabilitation with Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise \& Music (Online): The intervention with multimodal therapeutic exercise will be instructed by a physiotherapist, who will follow a structure based on a previous study and Physical Therapy Guidelines for People with PD

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise & Music (Online)

Intervention Type: OTHER

This is a social telerehabilitation with multimodal therapeutic Exercise and Music. It is restricted to the execution of movements within series and standardized and fixed repetitions, with a background music. It will not include dance. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization.

Interventions

Dance & Music (Online)

This is a social telerehabilitation with dance and music. It will include artistic form, imageries using scenic arts, imageries using aspects of theater and storytelling, movement improvisation, choreography and sequence of movements, complex dance movements, fluidity of movement or connection between one movement and another, rhythmicity and/or movement built with music. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization

Intervention Type: OTHER

Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise & Music (Online)

This is a social telerehabilitation with multimodal therapeutic Exercise and Music. It is restricted to the execution of movements within series and standardized and fixed repetitions, with a background music. It will not include dance. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD according to the clinical criteria of the London Brain Bank Criteria (2006);
• Age between 40-90 years;
• A minimum score of 18 in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment;
• Drug therapy/exercise stable for at least four weeks before the study starts;
• Agreement to participate in the study according to the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria

• Auditory and/or visual disturbances that compromise understanding simple commands;
• Access to the internet and a device to access online classes;
• A house member and/or caregiver at home for supervision during the entire experiment, including evaluations and interventions. For patients scoring less than 2.5 points on the modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale (indicating mild disease impairment, independence in daily living activities, and no risk of falls), the requirement for household member supervision may be waived.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 90 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Aline de Souza Pagnussat

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Aline Pagnussat, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Locations

Aline

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

ONLINEREHABPD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id