Poised for Parkinson's - an Intervention to Increase Embodied Agency in People With Parkinson's Disease and Their Carers

University of Idaho

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Poised for Parkinson's

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT04726709

17-164

U54GM104944 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to develop, deliver, and test an online Alexander-based training program for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.

Full description

Six dyads, each consisting of a person with Parkinson's disease and their care partner, will participate in a real-time online course called "Poised for Parkinson's." The course will meet twice per week via Zoom for eighteen 105-minute sessions. Outcome measures, including surveys, interviews, balance, and motor performance, will be assessed the week before classes begin and the week after classes end.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• dyad including care partner and person with Parkinson's disease
• Hoehn & Yahr Stage 2 (estimated)
• vision and hearing (corrected to) normal
• able to use computer, Internet, and Zoom
• ambulatory without assistive devices
• reside in Idaho

Exclusion criteria

• dementia (screen with MOCA)
• severe musculoskeletal pain (screen in interview)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 1 patient group

Poised for Parkinson's

Experimental group

Description:

Alexander-technique-based online course to increase embodied agency in people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Poised for Parkinson's