Golf, Physical Rehabilitation, and Movement Disorders

University of Florida

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease, Movement Disorders

Treatments: Other: Physical Therapy, Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05651776

202202232

Details and patient eligibility

About

The importance of physical activity for individuals with movement disorders, including Parkinson disease and Essential tremor, has been established. Barriers including patient engagement continue to limit effectiveness. Golf requires skills found challenging to individuals with movement disorders. This study seeks to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an outpatient-based rehabilitation program incorporating golf skills and activities on functional measures and quality of life.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 105 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of either PD, Parkinsonism, or ET. Subjects must also demonstrate functional deficits in at least one of the three categories (gait, transfers, balance) to be further assessed by the evaluating PT

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects will be excluded if they are unable to maintain standing balance with an assistive device, if they are non-ambulatory even with a device, if pain does not allow for subject participation, and if they are unable to follow instructions due to an underlying attentional or cognitive deficit.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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9 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention of golf and rehab

Experimental group

Description:

2x/week x 6 weeks participation in a golf and PD rehab program

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy, Exercise