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An investigation of the relationships between pain, physical activity, sleep and mood in people with Parkinson's disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's disease
pain
Neurological - Parkinson's disease
Registration Number
ACTRN12615000847516
Lead Sponsor
The University of Sydney
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
85
Inclusion Criteria

Aged 40 years or over, living in the community.
Participants with Parkinson's disease will be required to have had no changes to their usual Parkinson's disease medications in the prior 2 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria

People with neurological impairments other than those due to Parkinson's disease.
People with substantial cognitive impairment (i.e. mini-mental state examination below 24)
People with pain due to a known radiculopathy (i.e. a compressed nerve of the spine) or another diagnosed chronic pain condition (e.g. fibromyalgia) that is likely to interfere with the evaluation of the person’s safety and of the study outcome.
People with an upper limb problem which would preclude the upper limb isometric exercise.
People without Parkinson's disease who experience significant pain (i.e. pain of >3/10 intensity for at least 2 days per week in the prior 3 months)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pressure pain threshold measured with a pressure algometer will be collected for all participants.[Collected immediately before and after performing isometric exercise, at the assessment session.];Pain will be assessed using the Brief Pain Inventory, which assesses pain severity and the impact of pain on daily activities in the past week. This will be collected for people with PD who experience pain.[Collected once - at the assessment session before performing the isometric exercise.]
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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