Clinical trial NCT04726709: Poised for Parkinson's - an Intervention to Increase Embodied Agency in People With Parkinson's Disease and Their Carers
Official title: Alexander Technique Classes - Multisite
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parkinson's Disease
Keywords: Alexander Technique
Posture
Mindfulness
Embodiment
Caregivers
Movement Interventions
Complementary Integrative Medicine
Non-pharmacological interventions
Quality of Life
Lead sponsor: University of Idaho
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
First posted: 2021-01-27
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 50
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to develop, deliver, and test an online Alexander-based training program for people with Parkinson's disease and their care partners.

Detailed description: Six dyads, each consisting of a person with Parkinson's disease and their care partner, will participate in a real-time online course called "Poised for Parkinson's." The course will meet twice per week via Zoom for eighteen 105-minute sessions. Outcome measures, including surveys, interviews, balance, and motor performance, will be assessed the week before classes begin and the week after classes end.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* dyad including care partner and person with Parkinson's disease
* Hoehn \& Yahr Stage 2 (estimated)
* vision and hearing (corrected to) normal
* able to use computer, Internet, and Zoom
* ambulatory without assistive devices
* reside in Idaho

Exclusion Criteria:

* dementia (screen with MOCA)
* severe musculoskeletal pain (screen in interview)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Motor Function - Objective
timeFrame: Assessed the week before the intervention (week 1) and the week after the intervention (week 11). Difference is reported. Positive number indicates improvement.
measure: Balance - Objective
timeFrame: Assessed the week before the intervention (week 1) and the week after the intervention (week 11). Difference is reported. Positive number indicates improvement.
measure: Balance: Self-report
timeFrame: Assessed the week before the intervention (week 1) and the week after the intervention (week 11). Difference is reported. Positive number indicates improvement.
measure: Posture - Objective
timeFrame: Assessed the week before the intervention (week 1) and the week after the intervention (week 11). Difference is reported. Positive number indicates improvement.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Feasibility - Attendance
timeFrame: Attendance will be tracked at every class session, weeks 2-10.
measure: Feasibility - Retention
timeFrame: assessed after the intervention (week 11)
measure: Symptom Management
timeFrame: Assessed the week before the intervention (week 1) and the week after the intervention (week 11). Difference is reported. Positive number indicates improvement.
measure: Care-partner Self-management Skill
timeFrame: Assessed after the intervention (week 11)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Candler
country: United States
facility: The Poise Project
state: North Carolina
Study officials:
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