NCT06707402Recruiting
The Effects of 24-Weeks Community-based Brisk Walking in People With Parkinson's Disease
The Effects of 24 Weeks Community-based Brisk Walking on Physical Function, Comorbidities, Cognition, Disease Severity, and Health-related Quality of Life in People With Parkinson's Disease.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Jul 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if brisk walking can improve walking function in people with Parkinson's disease and what kind of brisk walking intervention that is most effective. The main questions are: If brisk walking can reduce self-perceived walking difficulty What type of exercise intervention is most effective. Researchers will compare a brisk walking group receiving a personalized walking program with a group receiving an activity tracker and a control group. Participants will * be tested at baseline (0 weeks), post the intervention period (24 weeks) and after a follow-up period (48 weeks). * be randomly allocated to one of three groups at baseline. * follow the prescribed intervention they are allocated to.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 129 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Nov 2024
- Start date
- 11 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- 1 Aug 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Aarhus
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT06707402
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 129
- From 11 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Aug 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- have another neurological disorder or other disorders that affect gait and balance (e.g., severe arthritis or arthrosis)
- have dementia (Montreal Cognitive Assessment score \<18)
- have cardiovascular, respiratory, orthopedic, or metabolic disorders or other medical comorbidities hindering participation in maximal exercise testing.
Other
- are pregnant
- are suffering from alcohol abuse (i.e., exceeding ten units per week, according to the Danish Health Authority recommendation
- have a depression
- use an activity tracker during exercise
- performing high-intensity brisk walking three or more times during a week.
Who the study is looking for
- clinically diagnosed with Parkinson's disease
- aged ≥40 years
- Hoehn and Yahr stage ≤3
- able to independently undertake transportation back and forth from test days and training sessions
- expectedly able to complete ≥85% of the training sessions
- experience walking difficulties (the generic walking scale (Walk-12G) score ≥8.5).
Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aarhus University, Department of Public Health, Sport Science Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aarhus C | Denmark | Recruiting |
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