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Velocity-Loss Training and Parkinson's Disease

Comparison of Neuromuscular and Functional Adaptations to 10% and 30% Velocity-Loss Threshold Resistance Training in Persons 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
50 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

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

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 compares two types of weight training for older adults with Parkinson's disease. The training uses a 10% or 30% drop in movement speed as a limit. Researchers will compare how these affect muscle strength, power, and ability to do daily tasks.

This study will compare the effects of velocity-loss resistance training at 10% and 30% velocity loss thresholds on measures of muscle strength and power and tests of daily performance in older adults 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

  • Have Parkinson's disease at stage 1, 2, or 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale, which rates how severe the disease is.
  • Can walk 50 meters without help.
  • Can understand and communicate in English.

Who can't join

  • Have an uncontrolled heart or blood vessel disease, or another nerve or muscle disease, that prevents taking part in training.
  • Have a condition that causes inflammation throughout the body, an autoimmune condition where the body attacks itself, such as rheumatoid arthritis, or another serious illness.
  • Have an arm or leg injury that has not healed, or have not recovered from arm or leg surgery, and this prevents weight training.

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

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Parkinson's Disease Hoehn \& Yahr Stages 1-3 * Able to walk 50 meters unassisted * Able to understand and communicate in English Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled cardiovascular or other neuromuscular disease that prevent participation in a training program * Any systemic inflammatory or autoimmune conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, or other serious concomitant medical illness * Unresolved injury or surgery to the upper or lower limbs that prevents weight training.

Study sites (1)

FL