Effects of Table Tennis for People With Parkinson's Disease

Universitat de Lleida

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Exercise and cognitive training interventino

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06444685

2023CRINDESTABC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games).

Full description

Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games). Interventions in both groups will take place twice a week for 6 weeks (12 sessions in total). The main variables to be assessed will be motor and cognitive. As secondary variables, clinical and daily life aspects will be assessed. As results, it is expected that the experimental group will obtain improvements in motor variables compared to the control group after receiving the interventions. However, improvements in cognitive variables and secondary variables are expected to be similar in both groups.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease based on the UK PD Society Brain Bank Criteria
• Stage I to III on the Hoehn and Yahr scale
• Ability to walk for 10 minutes unassisted

Exclusion criteria

• Score of under 23 on the Mini-Mental State Examination
• Severe Visual or Auditory deficits
• Cardiovascular conditions that impede physical activity
• Brain surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Table Tennis

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will follow supervised Table Tennis sessions lasting 60 minutes during 6 weeks, for a total of 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise and cognitive training interventino

Tabletop Games

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will follow supervised Tabletop Game sessions lasting 60 minutes during 6 weeks, for a total of 12 sessions.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise and cognitive training interventino