Yoga Training and Retinal Vasculature With Parkinson's Disease

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Change

Treatments: Behavioral: Traditional Yoga; Behavioral: High-speed, Cognitive Challenge Yoga

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06194227

20231203

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will compare the impact of a novel high-speed, cued yoga program to a standard yoga program on retinal microvasculature, cognition and neuromuscular function in persons with Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Parkinson's disease (H&Y 1, 2, and 3) confirmed by pretest administration of the UPDRS,
2. 55-90 years of age,
3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment > 17.

Exclusion criteria

1. Uncontrolled cardiovascular or neuromuscular diseases that prevent participation in a training program;
2. cerebrovascular disease;
3. documented HIV infection or other immunodeficiency syndrome;
4. any systemic inflammatory or autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, or other serious concomitant medical illness;
5. a history of ocular surgeries (except for cataract surgery more than 6 months ago) or other ocular diseases;
6. bilateral moderate or severe cataracts;
7. refractive errors of myopia, hyperopia and/or astigmatism more than 6.0 Diopters.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 2 patient groups

High-speed, Cognitive Challenge Yoga

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this group will receive high-speed yoga training for 24 consecutive weeks for a total of 72 training sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: High-speed, Cognitive Challenge Yoga

Traditional Yoga

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants will perform standard Hatha yoga with slow controlled speed movements for 24 consecutive weeks for a total of 72 training sessions.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Traditional Yoga