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Dance and Energy Expenditure Among Adults With Parkinson's

NCT06425731 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2026-04-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The first purpose of the study is to develop and test new methods for quantifying dance among adults with a diagnosis of Parkinson's using various kinds of cameras, wearable activity monitors, and questionnaires. The second reason we are conducting the study is to better understand the relationship between the intensity of dance classes specifically designed for adults with Parkinson's and individual-level factors like the kinds of routine activities one does beyond dancing and one's health status.

Participants in the study may be asked to engage in any of the following activities:

* complete a small number of assessments on their physical and cognitive functioning
* complete their routine group-based dance classes, specifically designed for adults with a diagnosis of Parkinson's, while being recorded

Depending upon the group that a participant joins, one may also be asked to:

* wear an activity monitor on their waist while engaged in their daily business as usual for nine (9) days
* complete an iDXA scan
* describe their perceptions on how the use of technology can integrated into their dancing

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Fasting

Participants (Dance for PD, in-person only) will engage in one of their routine weekly dance sessions while a portable indirect calorimeter is used for energy expenditure analysis. Before this session, participants will be asked to fast for at least 4-hours. In this way, participants in this study arm will engage in a self-controlled study design wherein they complete a 4-hour fast before engaging in an oxygen uptake assessment during their routine dance classes. During the 4-hour fasting period, participants will be asked to refrain from eating any food and drinking any beverages except for water.

OTHER

No Intervention

No Intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mark Morris Dance Group

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Northeastern University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-07-01
Primary Completion
2026-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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