NCT04266782

ParKinWalk: Physical Activity and Long Group-walking for Parkinson's Disease

ParKinWalk: Physical Activity and Long Group-walking for Motor Impairment and Quality of Life in Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Università degli Studi di Brescia · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study will evaluate the impact of exercise training program followed by long-walking onon supervised and unsupervised gait assessment in Parkinson´s disease and control subjects.

Detailed description

Background: Several studies suggest an impact of physical exercise on walking parameters in Parkinson´s disease (PD) patients. Objective: the present study will evaluate the impact of three months physical exercise training program followed by a group-long walking on motor impairment in PD. Methods: PD patients will be randomized in two arms: one group will be assessed to a training exercise program of three months followed by long-walking in group under the support of physician/physiotherapist and caregivers. A complete motor, cognitive and general assessment will be performed at baseline. The patients will be evaluated under supervised an unsupervised conditions at baseline, before the long-walking, during the walking and after 2 months after the walk.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease
• Healthy Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise program followed by long walk in group	The subjects will be included in a training exercise program for three months followed by a long-walk in group
OTHER	Exercise program followed by long walk in group (controls)	The controls matched for age will perform the same exercise program and long walk as the PD subjects

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-01
• Primary completion: 2019-11-30
• Completion: 2020-02-01
• First posted: 2020-02-12
• Last updated: 2020-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy