Moderate Versus High Volume Light-Moderate Intensity Exercise for People With Moderate Parkinson's Disease
123
about 4.4 years
40+
1 site in GA
What this study is about
This trial is testing whether working out more often with breaks or exercising continuously is better at preventing brain cell loss in people with moderate Parkinson's disease. The researchers will measure how fast participants walk, their physical activity levels, blood chemicals, and the stiffness of their blood vessels before and after exercise.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Participate in HV-PDAE: High Volume Partnered Dance Aerobic Exercise
- 2.Participate in MV-PDAE: Moderate Volume Partnered Dance Aerobic Exercise
- 3.Participate in MV-WALK: Moderate Volume Walking
Participation Burden
What's physically and logistically required of participants.
Requires travel to a study site
How treatment is administered
You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
Primary: vascular function: Pulse wave velocity and Aortic index
Secondary: Six minute walk test, inflammatory cytokine expression: Brain derived neurotrophic factor and c-reactive protein, inflammatory cytokine expression: and c reactive protein
Neurology