Can Dance Therapy Improve Motor Learning in Parkinson's Disease (PD)?

Can Dance Therapy Improve Motor Learning in Parkinson's Disease?

In order to find the most effective rehabilitative therapies for Parkinsonian patients, the present study is aimed to evaluate whether, in a multidisciplinary intensive rehabilitation treatment, the dance therapy, applied to the motor learning, promote additional benefits.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Parkinson Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Dance Therapy; Behavioral: exercises without dance

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Italy
  • Como
    • Gravedona Ed Uniti, Como, Italy, 22015
      • Recruiting
      • Department of Parkinson's Disease and Brain Injury Rehabilitation, of the 'Moriggia-Pelascini' Hospital

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Stage 2.5-3 according to the Hoehn and Yahr scale (H&Y);
• Stable pharmacological treatment for the last 6 weeks before the enrolment and during the hospitalization;

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any focal brain lesion detected in brain imaging studies (CT or MRI) performed in the previous 12 months;
• Drug-induced dyskinesias;
• Disturbing resting and/or action tremor, corresponding to scores 2-4 in the specific items of UPDRS III;
• Behavioral disturbances (evaluated with Neuropsychiatric Inventory);
• Visual and auditory dysfunctions according to the general clinical evaluation and medical history;
• cognitive decline (MMSE correct score < 24)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: dance thrapy; 4-week Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Treatment + Dance Therapy Treatment (2 hours par week)	Behavioral: Dance Therapy; the intervention is aimed to ameliorate, through dancing, crucial motor symptoms in PD patients, as walking, balance, postural changes and arm swing
Active Comparator: exercises without dance; 4-week Multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Treatment + Exercises without music (2 hours par week)	Behavioral: exercises without dance; the intervention consists of exercises aimed at training the walking, the balance, the postural changes and the arm swing

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)	To determine fall risk and measure the progress of balance, sit to stand, and walking.	4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
6 Minutes Walking Test (6MWT)	The 6MWT measures the distance an individual is able to walk over a total of six minutes on a hard, flat surface. The goal is for the individual to walk as far as possible in six minutes.	4 weeks
Balance Berg Scale (BBS)	to objectively determine a patient's ability (or inability) to safely balance during a series of predetermined tasks.	4 weeks

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
delayed recall of items	number of specific items correctly performed in recall phase	4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ospedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2018
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 30, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 7, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): June 8, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 8, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 7, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson Disease
• Other Study ID Numbers: dance therapy in PD

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No