Treadmill Training and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Parkinson's Disease
• Interventions: Other: Treadmill walking training with additional body load

• Registration Number: NCT00890669
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Brief Summary

Parkinson's disease (PD) causes motor and non-motor impairments that affect the quality of life of the subjects. The purpose was to assess the effects of treadmill walking training with additional body load on the quality of life and motor symptoms of the subjects with PD.

Methods: Nine subjects with PD, Hoehn and Yahr stages 2 through 3, not demented and with capability to ambulate independently voluntarily participate in this study. The training program was divided into three phases (A1-B-A2): treadmill training with additional body load (A1), control condition (conventional physical therapy group) (B) and treadmill training with load again (A2). Each phase lasted six weeks. The quality of life and motor symptoms were assessed by PDQ-39 and UPDRS, respectively. Both evaluations and training were performed during on-phase of the medication cycle.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-08
• Study Completion: 2008-12
• Study First Submitted: 2009-04-28
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-04-29
• Study First Posted: 2009-04-30
• Status Verified: 2009-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2009-05-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9

Inclusion Criteria

• Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) stages 2 through 3
• Absence of dementia (Mini-Mental Status Examination - MMSE, defined according to educational level)
• Capacity to ambulate independently for at least 10 meters

Exclusion Criteria

• Change medication (dopaminergic) during the study period
• Use treadmill for at least six months prior to the study
• Other neurologic problems or musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory disease or uncorrected visual deficit that could represent risk and interfere in the accomplishment of the training

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
PD Group	Treadmill walking training with additional body load	Nine subjects with idiopathic PD, previously diagnosed by one specialist physician participated in this study.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The quality of life was measured through Parkinson Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39).	4 times, once before treatment, and 3 after each treatment phase.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidade Federal de São Carlos; 🇧🇷 São Carlos, SP, Brazil