NCT02175082

Cycling in Parkinson's Disease

A Forced Cycling Exercise Program in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease: Can it Improve Gait Parameters?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 12 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a forced exercise aerobic exercise program, utilizing a cycling activity, on specific gait parameters and balance in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Design: pilot, feasibility, randomized control, evaluator blinded. Subjects: Twenty four patients with idiopathic PD Hoehn and Yahr (H\&Y) stage II or III. Intervention: Participants randomly assigned to one of two exercise groups, forced exercise or self selected exercise, on cycling machine three times a week for 8 weeks. Both groups to exercise at same aerobic intensity level to keep heart rate at 60-80% heart rate max. Outcomes: Gait parameters of step length, width, and variability as measured by the GAITRite; 6 Minute Walk Test; mini-BESTest (balance testing); exercise tolerance via Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) scale.

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cycling at Forced rate
OTHER	Cycling at self-selected rate

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-06-01
• Primary completion: 2019-06-01
• Completion: 2019-06-01
• First posted: 2014-06-26
• Last updated: 2020-10-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States