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Facilitating Motor Skill Learning in Parkinson's Disease III

NCT04653285 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2024-12-10

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Summary

The study is designed to assess the effects of cardiovascular (aerobic) exercise on motor skill learning in Parkinson patients. Specifically, the investigators examine whether moderate-intense aerobic exercise, performed immediately following motor skill practice over the course of a six week intervention period, facilitates motor memory consolidation. In this experimental trial, participants will be randomly allocated to either an intervention group (motor skill practice + aerobic exercise) or control group (motor skill practice + seated rest).

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

motor skill practice

Motor learning task on a stability platform (stabilometer). Participants try to keep the tiltable platform in a horizontal position in trials of 30s.

BEHAVIORAL

aerobic exercise

A bout of moderate intensity aerobic exercise on a cycle ergometer following motor skill practice.

BEHAVIORAL

rest

Seated rest following motor skill practice.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Foundation for Neurology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Klinik für Neurologie, Klinikum Würzburg Mitte, Standort Juliusspital

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Simon Steib, Dr. · Institute of Sport and Sport Science, Heidelberg University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-01
Primary Completion
2024-04-08
Completion
2024-04-15

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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