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Effects of Nordic Walking in Parkinson Disease Patients

NCT03355521 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2017-11-28

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Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of a Nordic and free walking training program on clinical, functional and biomechanical parameters of gait, in people with PD.

Outcomes: Motor symptoms: Staging and severity of PD, balance, walking functional mobility, self-selected walking velocity, and rehabilitation index. Non-Motor symptoms: Cognitive function, depressive symptoms, and quality of life (QL). Outcomes Biomechanics: Kinematic parameters (spatiotemporal and dynamic stability of walking) and neuromuscular parameters (amplitude of the electromyography signal, initial and final activation threshold, activation time and co-contraction index, of the following muscles: Vastus Lateralis (VL), Biceps Femoris (BF), Tibialis Anterior (TA), Gastrocnemius Medialis (GM).

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Parkinson Disease 10

Interventions

OTHER

Nordic Walking

Nordic walking Training the total period of training was composed by 9-week of walking with poles, two sessions per week. The cycles were divided into four microcycles composed of three training sessions. Each training session took 60 min. Free walking aerobics training was used during the training period. These exercises were performed alternating volume and intensity. The training session was divided into three stages: (a) stretching, joint mobility, and heating; (b) main part (FW); (c) return to the calm and ultimate stretching.

OTHER

Free Walking

Free walking Training The total period of training was composed by 9-week of walking without poles, two sessions per week. The cycles were divided into four microcycles composed of three training sessions. Each training session took 60 min. Free walking aerobics training was used during the training period. These exercises were performed alternating volume and intensity. The training session was divided into three stages: (a) stretching, joint mobility, and heating; (b) main part (FW); (c) return to the calm and ultimate stretching.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leonardo A Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-03-20
Primary Completion
2013-06-30
Completion
2014-07-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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