PD Dance: Dancing with Parkinson's disease (PD)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parkinson's disease; Nervous System Diseases

• Registration Number: ISRCTN63088686
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Southampton (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2014 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25051989 2. 2017 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28933613 (added 07/08/2019) 3. 2018 qualitative results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28482703 (added 07/08/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-02-19
• Study Completion: 2014-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 51

Inclusion Criteria

Parkinson?s disease:
1. Eligible people will have a confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson?s disease, Hoehn & Yahr scale of 2 or 3, which means mild to moderate mobility and stability
2. Live at home
3. Understand and follow commands; pass screen for cognitive impairment
4. Agree they can tolerate the dance activity (1 hour session, twice a week for 10 weeks with practice)

Healthy partners: Healthy people identified by eligible participants with PD will be considered for the trial. Some PwPD will be single and others will have a spouse unwilling to participate therefore relatives, volunteers or responders to an advert will also be considered. The feasibility of recruiting healthy dance partners will be examined in the study. Our criteria are:
1. Similar age
2. Able to understand and follow commands
3. Willing to participate and able to tolerate the dance activity (1 hour session, twice a week for 10 weeks with practice)
4. Target Gender: Male & Female; Upper Age Limit 99 years ; Lower Age Limit 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

Parkinson?s disease: Those individuals who lack sufficient stability to dance with another person (clinical judgement)

Healthy partners: Evidence of a neurological condition, vestibular impairment or multiple falls would lead to exclusion but experience of a single fall would be acceptable. Individuals who are at risk of instability when dancing will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Spinal posture is measured using the Spinal Mouse at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 2. Balance is assessed using the Berg Balance Scale at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> 1. Turning quality is measured using Standing start 180° (SS180°) at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 2. Quality of life is measured using the PDQ39 questionnaire at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 3. Mobility is measured using The timed up and go test (TUG) at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 4. Balance confidence when performing daily activities is measured using the ABC questionnaire at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 5. Health status is measured using the EQ-5D questionnaire at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 6. Participation and levels of physical activity is measured using The Phone-FITT questionnaire at baseline, 3 and 6 months<br> 7. An economic evaluation is carried out using a resource use questionnaire at 6 months<br>