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NCT Number: NCT05910216

Online Dance Versus Therapeutic Exercise for Parkinson Disease.

This is a randomized clinical trial in an online format, which will only include people with PD randomly divided into two groups:

Group 1 - Social Telerehabilitation with Dance and Music Group 2 - Social Telerehabilitation with Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise and Music

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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

40 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Aline

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90050-170, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD according to the clinical criteria of the London Brain Bank Criteria (2006);
  • Age between 40-90 years;
  • A minimum score of 18 in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment;
  • Drug therapy/exercise stable for at least four weeks before the study starts;
  • Agreement to participate in the study according to the Informed Consent Form.

Exclusion criteria

  • Auditory and/or visual disturbances that compromise understanding simple commands;
  • Access to the internet and a device to access online classes;
  • A house member and/or caregiver at home for supervision during the entire experiment, including evaluations and interventions. For patients scoring less than 2.5 points on the modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale (indicating mild disease impairment, independence in daily living activities, and no risk of falls), the requirement for household member supervision may be waived.

Treatment and study plan

Dance & Music (Online)

Other

This is a social telerehabilitation with dance and music. It will include artistic form, imageries using scenic arts, imageries using aspects of theater and storytelling, movement improvisation, choreography and sequence of movements, complex dance movements, fluidity of movement or connection between one movement and another, rhythmicity and/or movement built with music. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization

Multimodal Therapeutic Exercise & Music (Online)

Other

This is a social telerehabilitation with multimodal therapeutic Exercise and Music. It is restricted to the execution of movements within series and standardized and fixed repetitions, with a background music. It will not include dance. It will include instructions for motor learning, music, and socialization.

Primary outcomes

  1. Assessment of Quality of life

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks) and FOLLOW-UP (after 4 weeks of study ending)

    Quality of life measured by Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39). Scores range from 0-100 (100 = maximum level of problems).

  2. Assessment of Well-being

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks) and FOLLOW-UP (after 4 weeks of study ending)

    Well-being measured by the scale Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS). scores range from 10 - 50, a higher score indicates more of a positive affect.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Assessment of Motor symptoms severity

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks) and FOLLOW-UP (after 4 weeks of study ending)

    Motor symptoms severity measured by the scale Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale, motor subscale (UPDRS III). Part III: Motor examination: 18 items. Score range: 0-132, 32 and below is mild, 59 and above is severe.

  2. Assessment of Functional lower extremity strength

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks)

    Functional lower extremity strength measured by the Five times sit to stand test (FTSTS). The time to complete the test is measured, where lower time to perform sit to stand represents better functional lower extremity strength

  3. Assessment of Symptoms of Anxiety

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks)

    Symptoms of Anxiety measured by the Parkinson Anxiety Scale (PAS). Scores range from 0-48 (48= maximum level of problems).

  4. Assessment of Attention and Memory Recognition

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks)

    Executive function by means attention and memory recognition measureb by Online Attention Test (OAT) and Recognition Memory Test (RMT).

  5. Feasibility (self-perceptions)

    Time frame: Change from Pre to Post treatment (12 weeks)

    Self-perceptions (feasibility) of technology usability, socialization and benefits of interventions based on a structured interview.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Online Dance Versus Online Therapeutic Exercise on Quality of Life - A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating Social Telerehabilitation Efficacy in Parkinson's Disease.

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Jun 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Dec 3, 2025

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