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Balance Tele-Rehab in Parkinson's Disease

Balance Tele-rehabilitation With Wearable Technology for Older Adults With Parkinson's Disease

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
55 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

  • Procedures mentioned: Wearing a device

Only what the study's summary and detailed description on ClinicalTrials.gov say. Time periods may describe the whole study or a part of it — ask the study team what applies to you.

Show the study's own words
  • "This project consists of a virtual balance assessment which will use objective measures of balance and gait obtained with wearable sensors on the feet and waist."
Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether balance testing and rehab done remotely are practical and helpful. It is for people ages 55–85 with Parkinson’s disease.

This project will determine the feasibility and efficacy of remote assessment and treatment of balance disorders in people with Parkinson's disease.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • A movement disorder doctor diagnosed Parkinson’s disease with no known cause using UK Brain Bank rules: slow movement plus shaking at rest, stiff muscles, or balance problems not caused by other conditions.
  • You report that levodopa, a Parkinson’s medicine, helps your symptoms.
  • Your Parkinson’s is at Hoehn and Yahr stage I–III, a scale of disease severity.
  • You are 55–85 years old.
  • You can follow directions for tests and exercise classes.
  • You have no health condition or medicine that makes exercise unsafe.
  • You can and will do rehab about 3 times a week for 4 weeks. During the study, you will avoid changing medicines when reasonable and avoid changing other exercise programs.

Who can't join

  • You have a major condition other than Parkinson’s that affects walking or balance, such as muscle or joint problems, brain disease, seizures, an inner ear balance problem, head injury, stroke, or heart disease.
  • You have a health condition that prevents exercise.
  • Memory or thinking problems prevent you from joining exercise, such as a score of 19 or lower on the MoCA thinking test, a past dementia diagnosis, or trouble following directions.
  • You fall more than 3 times a week, based on what you and your caregiver recall.
  • You use too much alcohol or recreational drugs.
  • Your medicine has changed recently.
  • You cannot stand and walk for the study’s ISAW test without a walking aid.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Diagnosis of idiopathic PD from movement disorders neurologist with the United Kingdom Brain Bank criteria of bradykinesia and one or more of the following - rest tremor, rigidity, and balance problems not from visual, vestibular, cerebellar or proprioceptive conditions 2. responsive to levodopa (self-reported) 3. Hoehn \& Yahr stages I-III; 4. ages 55-85 years old 5. ability to follow directions in order to participate in testing procedures and exercise classes 6. free of any medical conditions or medication that contraindicates participation in an exercise program 7. willing and able to participate in rehabilitation intervention approximately 3x/week for 4 weeks while also refraining from making changes to medications (as reasonable) or to other exercise programs during the study period. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Major musculoskeletal or neurological disorders, structural brain disease, epilepsy, acute illness or health history, other than PD, significantly affecting gait and balance (i.e., musculoskeletal disorder, vestibular problem, head injury, stroke, cardiac disease, etc.) 2. medical condition that precludes exercise 3. cognitive inability to participate in an exercise program, such as MoCA score less than or equal to 19, prior diagnosis of dementia or inability to follow directions 4. recurrent fallers, defined as those who fall more than 3 times a week (from patient and caregiver recollection) 5. excessive use of alcohol or recreational drugs 6. recent change in medication 7. inability to stand and walk for ISAW without an assistive device.

Study sites (1)

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