Square Stepping Exercise training programme for people with Parkinson's disease

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parkinson's disease; Neurological - Parkinson's disease

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001188820
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-09-03
• Last Update Posted: 15 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

Participants must meet the following inclusion criteria:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Have been diagnosed with PD by a neurologist, in stages I, II or III, according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale .
- Not have any pathology that contraindicates the physical exercise programme (coronary pathologies, thrombosis, bone, kidney, moderate or severe pulmonary pathologies, severe psychiatric illness, etc.). They will be administered the Physical Activity and Fitness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) to find out if they are living with diseases that prevent physical strain.
- Not suffer from moderate (those scoring 12-20) and severe (<12) cognitive impairment, as determined by scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination .
- Must have signed informed consent for the study.

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients with Parkinson's disease in stages IV and V of the Hoehn & Yahr scale.
- Patients with cognitive impairment and/or severe mental illness.
- Not voluntarily participating in the research study and/or not completing the questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Applicability. and Security<br>The percentage of patients who complete all training sessions as assessed by auditing session attendance checklists and are able to perform the proposed training.<br>At each session, difficulties encountered, incidents or injuries should be recorded, noting the possible cause of the problem. [ Outcomes will be assessed at 8 weeks after the start of the intervention and an additional month of follow-up after the intervention..];Balance.. It will be evaluated by the L-Test, which consists of measuring the time in which participants stand up from a chair, walk 3 m, then turn 90 degrees, walk again 7 m, turn 180 degrees, and finally return to the chair. In addition, the 3 m TUG and the 7 m TUG will be performed..[The outcome will be continuously monitored during each training session for the duration of the 8-week study.]