Resistance Versus Balance Training in Parkinson's Disease

University of Kiel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Resistance Training; Behavioral: Balance Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02253563

A 146/11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Comparison of resistance training versus balance training to improve postural control in patients with Parkinson's Disease

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• idiopathic Parkinson's Disease, postural instable

Exclusion criteria

• cardiopulmonary/metabolic diseases that could interfere with the safe conduct of the study protocol, unstable medication, severe cognitive impairments that do not allow the patients to follow exercise instructions, participation in a resistance or balance training program (beside usual physical therapy), Deep Brain Stimulation.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Resistance Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group performing resistance training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resistance Training

Balance Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group performing balance training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Balance Training