How Rehabilitation Affects Independence and Walking in People With Parkinson's Disease
Studies how spa rehabilitation changes independence, balance and walking in people with Parkinson's disease.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Palacky University
- Where
- Olomouc, CzechiaSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- To Assess Self-sufficiency in Parkinson's Patients and How Rehabilitation Affects Symptoms Linked to Independence
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 50 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Nov 2024
- Expected to end
- 1 Mar 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- EXERCISE TRAINING WITH OR WITHOUT MEDICATION
- Record updated
- 13 October 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 50 to 80 with idiopathic Parkinson's disease who can walk on their own. It studies self-sufficiency and the effect of spa rehabilitation.
- Age
- 50 to 80 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Idiopathic Parkinson's disease, severity level 1 to 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale.
- Biomarker or test result
- A score of 76 or lower on the Adenbrooke's Cognitive Test. The person must be able to walk independently.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Moderate to severe dementia
- Other conditions that affect walking, such as a past stroke or vertigo
- Psychiatric disorders
- Severe sensory impairments that would limit the rehabilitation plan
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Idiopathic PD,
- severity level 1 - 3 according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale,
- age 50-80 years,
- the ability to walk independently,
- a minimum score of ≤76 on the Adenbrooke's Cognitive Test
Who cannot take part
- moderate to severe dementia,
- other comorbidities affecting the gait (e.g. post-stroke condition, vertigo,...), psychiatric disorders,
- severe sensory impairments that would limit the implementation of the rehabilitation plan
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 80 years old?
Where in Czechia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Palacky University, OlomoucOlomouc, CzechiaContact: Zuzana Turiaková, Mgr. (MSc.)Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This interventional study aims to assess self-sufficiency in patients with Parkinson's disease in the spa setting using the new Czech Functional Efficiency of Self-sufficiency Test (FEST) and to validate the test in this population. It also aims to evaluate changes in cognition, stability, fear of falling, and gait after specialized spa care and to analyze correlations between self-sufficiency and these outcomes.
The group in the trial
- Parkinson's disease patientsTreatment being tested
Patients with Parkinson's disease undergo comprehensive spa treatment, which includes: individual therapeutic physical education, group exercises - exercises on balance balls, exercises in the pool, balance training on Nintendo Wii, Nordic walking, Qi Gong. In addition to active therapy, the treatment also utilizes the effects of natural resources on the body - iodine-bromine water in the form of compresses and baths, massages - aromatherapy, classic massages.
Treatment: EXERCISE TRAINING WITH OR WITHOUT MEDICATION
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Assessment of Patient Self-sufficiency in Rehabilitation Care
- Plain-language title
- How Rehabilitation Affects Independence and Walking in People With Parkinson's DiseaseGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 13 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07872202, who can take part
- Record updated
- 13 October 2026