The Effects of 24-Weeks Community-based Brisk Walking in People With Parkinson's Disease

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if brisk walking can improve walking function in people with Parkinson's disease and what kind of brisk walking intervention that is most effective. The main questions are:

If brisk walking can reduce self-perceived walking difficulty What type of exercise intervention is most effective. Researchers will compare a brisk walking group receiving a personalized walking program with a group receiving an activity tracker and a control group.

Participants will

* be tested at baseline (0 weeks), post the intervention period (24 weeks) and after a follow-up period (48 weeks).
* be randomly allocated to one of three groups at baseline.
* follow the prescribed intervention they are allocated to.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

WALK

The intervention covers a personalized 24-week progressive brisk walking program. The program consists of moderate to high-intensity walking (i.e., 55-85% maximal heart rate) performed as both continuous and interval training sessions 2-3 times/week lasting 30-60 min/session. Four individually supervised sessions will be conducted in the first 2 weeks, while 1 supervised group session will be received bi-weekly. Furthermore, the group will receive an activity tracker and monthly telephone calls will be offered to adjust the intensity of the program (if necessary), clarify any questions regarding the intervention, and give verbal motivation. At the baseline assessment and at week 12, during a group training session, the figure of 8 walk test will be conducted to gain insigh tinto the current status of the training program. Lastly, after completion of the baseline test, the participants are given a brief educational session (walking advice) on recommended guidelines for physical activity

BEHAVIORAL

ACTIVE

Will receive an activity tracker is provided alongside monthly telephone calls and walking advice after the baseline test. Similar to WALK, 3 telephone calls are provided during the follow-up period.

BEHAVIORAL

CON

Receives a brief educational session (walking advice) is provided at baseline, after which no further contacts are made.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Karolinska Institutet

  collaborator OTHER

• Viborg Regional Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• Danish Parkinson Association

  collaborator OTHER

• Fonden af 2. Juli 1984 til bekæmpelse af Parkinsons Sygdom, Denmark

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Aarhus

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2025-03-11

Primary Completion

2027-08-01

Completion

2027-09-01

Countries

• Denmark

Study Locations