Status:

COMPLETED

Strength Training and Medication Effects in Parkinson Disease Effects on Hypokinesia in Parkinson Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University of Utah

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-90 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Parkinson disease is a degenerative neurologic condition characterized by slowness of movement, tremor, and loss of balance control. It results in significant degrees of disability for affected indivi...

Detailed Description

Idiopathic Parkinson disease (IPD) is the model movement disorder to explore the motor function of the basal ganglia. (Morris ME, 2005) Alterations in the output of the basal ganglia lead to reduction...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • male or a female at least 40 years of age or older neurologist diagnosed idiopathic PD (using UK Brain Bank Criteria) ambulatory and medically cleared by their physician to participate in an exercise regimen clinical signs of hypokinesia (reduced movement amplitude during ADL tasks) or postural instability have a Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination score \> 23 currently taking dopamine replacement medication

Exclusion

  • previous surgical management of PD (pallidotomy, DBS) motor fluctuations and or dyskinesias uncontrolled by medications. central nervous system disorder (e.g., other than Parkinson's disease) myopathic disease (e.g., focal myopathy) that affects skeletal muscle structure/function rheumatological disease that has an effect on muscle and/or mobility unstable cardiovascular disease that limits exercise abilities impaired knee flexion, \<90 degrees, extreme claustrophobia (secondary to the inability to perform the MRI scans) regular (2-3x/week) aerobic or resistance exercise performed over the past 6 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

41 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00665184

Start Date

August 1 2007

End Date

July 1 2011

Last Update

September 21 2011

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University of Utah Health Sciences Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84108