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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Irish Set Dancing to Usual Care for People With Parkinson's Disease

U

University of Limerick

Status

Completed

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Treatments

Other: Dance group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary aim is to conduct a pilot trial to determine:

  1. The feasibility and efficiency of randomisation procedures and study design
  2. If recruitment rates are sufficient to adequately power a larger trial

The secondary aim is to determine the efficiency of set dancing in comparison to a control for people with Patkinson's disease.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Have a diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (Hackney et al 2007; Marchant et al 2010), stage 1-2.5 on the modified Hoeln and Yahr scale for staging of Parkinson's disease (Batson 2010)
  • Able to walk three meters with an assistive device
  • Over 18 years of age
  • Not pregnant
  • Have access to a computer/DVD player to allow them to participate in the home exercise programme

Exclusion criteria

  • A serious cardiovascular and/or pulmonary condition (Lodder et al 2004)
  • A neurological deficit other than Parkinson's disease (Batson 2010; Marchant et al 2010)
  • Evidence of a musculoskeletal problem (Duncan and Earhart 2012), contraindicating participation in exercise participation(Lodder et al 2004)
  • A cognitive or hearing problem which will affect their ability to follow instructions or hear the music (Batson 2010)
  • Participated in regular dance classes in the past six months (Marchant et al 2010)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

90 participants in 2 patient groups

Dance group
Other group
Description:
Participants allocated to this group will continue with their usual care and participate in a set dancing class.
Treatment:
Other: Dance group
Control group
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants allocated to this group will act as a control group and continue to receive their usual care only.

Trial contacts and locations

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