Interactive Stepping Exercise on Balance and Cognitive Function

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Other: Square stepping exercise; Other: Interactive stepping exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04494906

YM109104F

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of interactive stepping exercise on balance and cognitive function in individuals with PD.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Idiopathic PD
• Hoehn & Yahr stage between 1 to 3
• Age between 50 to 85
• Stable pharmacologic treatment for the last 2 weeks
• Ability to walk 10 meters unassisted or with assistive devices

Exclusion criteria

• Other neurological disorders diagnosis than PD
• Receiving any neurological surgeries
• Any musculoskeletal disorder or cardiopulmonary disease that may influence participation in the study
• The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) < 24 scores
• Participated in other exercise intervention of study in the past 3 months
• Colorblindness or color vision deficiency

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Interactive stepping exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will execute interactive stepping exercise 2 times per week for 8 weeks (16 sessions).

Treatment:

Other: Interactive stepping exercise

Square stepping exercise group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will execute square stepping exercise 2 times per week for 8 weeks (16 sessions).

Treatment:

Other: Square stepping exercise