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A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial Comparing Irish Set Dancing to Usual Care for People With Parkinson's Disease

NCT01939717 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2016-06-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Primary aim is to conduct a pilot trial to determine:

1. The feasibility and efficiency of randomisation procedures and study design
2. If recruitment rates are sufficient to adequately power a larger trial

The secondary aim is to determine the efficiency of set dancing in comparison to a control for people with Patkinson's disease.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Dance group

Participants will attend ten weeks of set dancing classes. Each class will be one and half hours. Family members will be invited to partner each participant with Parkinson's disease during the class. Set dancing steps and sets will be thought and progressed in line with the participants abilities. Frequent rests will be taken during the classes. Participants will be given a home exercise programme which will involve chair based exercises, mental rehearsal, listening music, watching a dance DVD and practicing dance material thought in class.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Limerick

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Meg E Morris, Prof. · Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Australia.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-08-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Ireland

Study Locations

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