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NCT Number: NCT04982003

Feasibility of Whole-body Drumming Classes for People With Parkinson's Disease

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience difficulty with gait, postural instability, and lack of movement coordination and rhythmic timing. Non-motor functions affected by PD include time perception, feelings of apathy, depression, decreased self-efficacy, and decrease self-reported quality of life. There is currently a lack of information on how a therapeutic drumming class that uses whole-body large-amplitude movements to music would impact these motor and non-motor impairments in individuals with PD. The primary purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of a 10-week whole-body drumming class to music specifically selected for its rhythmic structure, and effects on movement rhythm and time perception in individuals with PD. The secondary purpose is to assess the effects of the drumming class on apathy, depression, self-efficacy and health-related quality of life. Participants will be included if they have a diagnosis of PD and are able to move for an hour with rests, either standing or seated. Participants are tested before and after the class series and one month following.

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Key information

Conditions

Parkinson Disease Basal Ganglia Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Movement Disorders Nervous System Diseases Neurodegenerative Diseases Parkinsonian Disorders Synucleinopathies

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences

Mesa, Arizona, 85206, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • diagnosed with PD
  • independent walking short community and household distances with or without assistive device
  • able to participate in a 1-hour class once a week for ten weeks

Exclusion criteria

  • change of Parkinson's medication or deep brain stimulation parameters within 2 weeks prior to or during the study
  • inability to grasp 2-inch diameter "drum sticks"
  • any conditions with contraindications to lift upper extremities overhead
  • any medical restrictions to exercise

Treatment and study plan

Exercise

Other

10 weekly hour-long classes of drumming to music using large-amplitude, whole-body movements

Primary outcomes

  1. Step Cadence Variability

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention

    Variability (SD) of step cadence

  2. Step Cadence Variability

    Time frame: within 7 days after intervention

    Variability (SD) of step cadence

  3. Step Cadence Variability

    Time frame: 1-month following intervention

    Variability (SD) of step cadence

  4. Stride Length Variability

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention

    Variability (SD) of stride length

  5. Stride Length Variability

    Time frame: within 7 days after intervention

    Variability (SD) of stride length

  6. Stride Length Variability

    Time frame: 1-month following intervention

    Variability (SD) of stride length

  7. Change in repeated finger-tapping

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in inter-tapping intervals (ms) change from pre- to post-intervention

  8. Change in repeated finger-tapping

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and 1-month following end of intervention

    change in inter-tapping intervals (ms) change from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Nine-hole peg test (NHP) duration (s)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in speed of manual dexterity (s on NHP) from pre- to post-intervention

  2. Change in Nine-hole peg test (NHP) duration (s)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in speed of manual dexterity (s on NHP) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  3. Change in Physical Performance Test (PPT) score

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in whole-body functional mobility (PPT score; 0-36; higher is better) from pre- to post-intervention.

  4. Change in Physical Performance Test (PPT) score

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in whole-body functional mobility (PPT score; 0-36; higher is better) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  5. Change in Parkinson Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in disease-related quality of life (PDQ-39 score; 0-100, lower is better with improved quality of life) from pre- to post-intervention

  6. Change in Parkinson Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in disease-related quality of life (PDQ-39 score; 0-100, lower is better with improved quality of life) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  7. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in depression (GDS score; 0-15, higher is worse with more depression) from pre- to post-intervention

  8. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in depression (GDS score; 0-15, higher is worse with more depression) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  9. General Self-Efficacy scale (GSE)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in self-efficacy (GSE score; 10-40, higher is better with more self-efficacy) from pre- to post-intervention

  10. General Self-Efficacy scale (GSE)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in self-efficacy (GSE score; 10-40, higher is better with more self-efficacy) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  11. Lille Apathy Rating Scale (LARS)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

    change in apathy (LARS score; -36 to +36, lower is better with less apathy) from pre- to post-intervention

  12. Lille Apathy Rating Scale (LARS)

    Time frame: within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

    change in apathy (LARS score; -36 to +36, lower is better with less apathy) from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

A.T. Still University of Health Sciences

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Feasibility and Effects of Whole-body Drumming Classes on Walking in People With Parkinson's Disease: a Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jul 29, 2021
Registry last updated
Feb 1, 2023

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