Acute Effects of Cycling Dual-task in Parkinson´s Disease.

University of Vigo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Cycling; Other: Cycling combined with cognitive tasks

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05375032

205-2022-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

Taking into account the process of functional and cognitive evolution that patients with Parkinson's disease experience throughout the pathology, the objective of this study is to evaluate the acute effects of aerobic exercise in forced cycling performed with lower limbs and freecycling of upper limbs combined with cognitive stimuli on attention, exploration skills, and short-term motor skills in people with Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• Present stage between I and III on the Hoenh and Yarh scale
• Being able to move autonomously

Exclusion criteria

• Moderate-severe cognitive impairment (Mini-mental test > 24)
• Comorbidity that discourages the practice of physical exercise and that allows performing all scheduled assessments
• Severe visual alterations that prevent the development of the session

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Cycling combined with cognitive tasks

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Cycling combined with cognitive tasks

Cycling

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Cycling