Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01163344
Dance Exercise as Novel Complementary Therapy for Parkinson's Disease
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 31 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 40 Years – 79 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to gather data to see if so-called enriched forms of exercise programs such as dance is more effective in improving balance and quality of life in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease than regular exercise programs that are currently provided by physical therapists.
Detailed description
Comparison of traditional PT to dance in people who have parkinsons disease to measure which is better for gait, balance and QOL.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2010-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-12-01
- Completion
- 2015-12-01
- First posted
- 2010-07-15
- Last updated
- 2017-03-16
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01163344. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.