Assessing the Role of Exercise Intensity in Slowing Disease Progression in Early Parkinson's Disease

• Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

• Registration Number: NCT00385073
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Health

Brief Summary

Participants will complete a self-selected intensity of exercising over a 6 month period, with detailed clinical assessments at commencement and completion to determine the rate of progression of parkinsonism and gait abnormalities

Detailed Description

Participants will complete a self-selected intensity of exercising over a 6 month period - including jogging, swimming and circuit training, with detailed clinical assessments at commencement and completion (including UPDRS, gaitrite lab study) to determine the rate of progression of parkinsonism and gait abnormalities

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-04
• Status Verified: 2006-10
• Study First Submitted: 2006-10-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2006-10-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2006-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2006-10-06
• Last Update Posted: 2006-10-06
• Study Completion: 2007-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• Early Parkinson's Disease,
• Able to provide informed consent,
• able to complete exercise diaries for 6 months,
• no medications or on levo-dopa

Exclusion Criteria

• Not on dopamine agonists,

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre; 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia