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Exercise Strategies in Parkinson's Disease
Sponsor: Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about exercise and physical activity people with Parkinson's Disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) learn about the physical activity and exercise behaviors of people with Parkinson's Disease over the course of a year and 2) compare 3 exercise guidance strategies aimed to impact exercise behavior: standard care, written exercise guidance from neurologist and/or physical therapy. During the course of the study: 1. Participants will use activity trackers and a mobile phone application to monitor their exercise participation. 2. At the same time, the research team will be working with the participant's medical teams at Northwestern Medicine and University of Chicago Medical Center to improve the way that they deliver exercise guidance using verbal instructions and encouragement, written exercise guidance, and/or physical therapy.
Official title: Implementation of Exercise Strategies in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Outcomes
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 89 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
288
Start Date
2024-03-01
Completion Date
2028-05-31
Last Updated
2025-05-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Written exercise guidance by neurologist
Neurologists will provide written exercise education and guidance to their patients with Parkinson's Disease during neurologist visits and/or in after visit summary in the patient's EMR patient portal. The research team will facilitate the development of the written exercise guidance with input and feedback from each site's neurology, clinical, and administrative teams.
Physical therapy
A consultative model of physical therapy - a lower dose of physical therapy focused on physical activity and exercise promotion and coaching - will be implemented into each site. In the consultative model of physical therapy, visits are scheduled around needs of the patient, however will involve 1-4 additional visits within 3 months of evaluation and is based on personal factors that influence their exercise prognosis such as self-efficacy, readiness to change, fitness level, age, health literacy, comorbidities, and Parkinson's Disease-related motor and non-motor impairments.
Locations (3)
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Chicago, Illinois, United States
University of Chicago Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Northwestern Medicine
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States