Resistance Training in Patients With Parkinson's Disease.

University of Brasilia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Lectures on the disease; Other: Resistance Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02447146

RT-PD

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a controlled trial to assess the effects of resistance training on bradykinesia and physical function in patients with Parkinson's Disease. Forty patients diagnosed with Parkinson Disease stage 1 to 3 of the Hoehn and Yahr scale took part in the study and were allocated into 2 groups; Training Group performed a 9-week RT program twice a week while the Control Group attended lectures on the disease.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical neurologist confirmation of 1-3 Hoehn and Yahr stages,
• age between 50 and 80 years old;
• and physician attested to participate in the resistance training program.

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnostic of any other neurological disease, cardiovascular disease, hematologic or orthopedic disorders;
• and motor fluctuations or severe dyskinesia that could affect their ability to perform the experimental protocol.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Training group

Experimental group

Description:

9-week resistance training program

Treatment:

Other: Resistance Training

Control group

Other group

Description:

'Lectures on the disease'

Treatment:

Other: Lectures on the disease