NCT07859566Completed
Home-Based Exercise Program After Community Balance Training for Parkinson's Disease
Advanced Recreational Therapy Balance and Fall-Prevention Program for Individuals With Parkinson's Disease in Small Cities
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study tested whether a home-based exercise program helps older adults with Parkinson's disease keep the improvements they gain from a community balance program. Participants lived in small towns and rural communities in Oklahoma, where access to movement disorder specialists is limited. All participants first took part in a three-month community-based recreational therapy balance program. At the end of those three months, participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group continued with a home-based program for twelve weeks, which included an exercise manual, instructional videos, and a weekly telephone call from a researcher. The other group received general wellness guidance without follow-up contact. Participants were assessed three times: before the community program began, at three months, and at six months. The assessments measured walking speed, stride length, and cadence; postural stability; concern about falling; anxiety and depression; social connectedness; and quality of life. The purpose of the study was to learn whether continued support at home helps people hold onto the gains they make in a community program, and how quickly those gains are lost without that support.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 31 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Sept 2026
- Start date
- 10 Dec 2025
- Primary completion date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT07859566
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 31
- From 10 Dec 2025 to the primary completion date, 15 Sept 2026
- 4 sites 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
- Medical condition that prevents safe participation in balance exercise
Other
- Unable to attend the community-based sessions
Who the study is looking for
- Confirmed diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
- Aged 60 years or older
- Resides in a rural or small-town community in Oklahoma
- Able to participate in a community-based group exercise program
- Willing and able to provide informed consent
Age in the registry: 60 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (4)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy Village of Stillwater Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stillwater | United States | Unknown status |
| LIFE Center - Adult Day Services Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stillwater | United States | Unknown status |
| First Presbyterian Church Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stillwater | United States | Unknown status |
| The Center For Individuals with Physical Challenges Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tulsa | United States | Unknown status |
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