NCT07378813Recruiting
Low Versus High Load Training and Parkinson's Disease
Comparison of Changes in Neuromuscular and Functional Performance Due to Resistance Training With Low-Load or High-Load in Persons With Parkinson's Disease.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Feb 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study will compare the effects of high-load resistance training to low-load resistance training, on measures of muscle strength and power and tests of daily performance in older adults with Parkinson's disease.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 22 Jan 2026
- Start date
- 30 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 30 May 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Miami
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07378813
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 60
- From 30 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 30 May 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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Prior treatment
- 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.
Other illness
- Uncontrolled cardiovascular or other neuromuscular disease that prevent participation in a training program
Who the study is looking for
- Parkinson's Disease Hoehn \& Yahr Stages 1-3
- Able to walk 50m unassisted
- Able to understand and communicate in English
- A Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score above 18
Age in the registry: 50 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory of Neruomuscular Research and Active Aging Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Coral Gables | United States | Recruiting |
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