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Effectiveness of an Active Lifestyle Promotion Program for Patients With Parkinson's Disease

NCT00748488 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 700

Last updated 2012-01-31

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Summary

Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) are heavily inclined towards a sedentary lifestyle. This is caused by a combination of physical impairments and cognitive dysfunction. However, regular physical activity in PD is highly desirable, for two reasons. First, physical activity has positive generic effects in preventing complications such as cardiovascular diseases, type II diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis and certain cases of cancer. Secondly, physical activity has additional disease-specific merits in PD such as depression, sleep disturbances and constipation. These effects lead to raised quality of life. Furthermore, animal studies suggest that physical activity could slow down disease progression.

Simply informing patients about the importance of physical activity is not enough to initiate and maintain an adequate level of physical activity. We propose to develop a physical activity promoting program for sedentary patients with PD in order to raise their level of daily physical activity.

Objective: The first aim of the study is to investigate whether a physical activity promotion program will result in an increase in physical activity in sedentary patients with PD.

The second aim is to demonstrate an increase in physical fitness and quality of life.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Physical therapy aimed to move safely

Physical Therapy according to the Dutch guidelines for Physical Therapy in Parkinson's Disease solely focused on safety of movement. Duration program: 2 years Maximum number of sessions: 35 per year Duration sessions: 30 minutes

OTHER

Physical Therapy aimed to improve Physical Activity

Physical Therapy according to the Dutch guidelines for Physical Therapy in Parkinson's Disease combined with a coaching program aimed to promote the level of physical activity Duration program: 2 years Maximum number of sessions: 35 per year Duration of sessions: 30 minutes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • ZonMw: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development

    collaborator OTHER

  • Radboud University Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marten Munneke, Dr. · UMC st Radboud

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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