Clinical trial NCT06444685: Effects of Table Tennis for People With Parkinson's Disease
Official title: Motor and Cognitive Effects of Table Tennis on Parkinson's Disease: Pilot Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Parkinson Disease
Lead sponsor: Universitat de Lleida
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Club Tennis Taula Borges Blanques
name: Asociació de Parkinson de les Terres de Lleida
First posted: 2024-06-05
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 40
Maximum age (years): 80
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games).

Detailed description: Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games). Interventions in both groups will take place twice a week for 6 weeks (12 sessions in total). The main variables to be assessed will be motor and cognitive. As secondary variables, clinical and daily life aspects will be assessed. As results, it is expected that the experimental group will obtain improvements in motor variables compared to the control group after receiving the interventions. However, improvements in cognitive variables and secondary variables are expected to be similar in both groups.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease based on the UK PD Society Brain Bank Criteria
* Stage I to III on the Hoehn and Yahr scale
* Ability to walk for 10 minutes unassisted

Exclusion Criteria:

* Score of under 23 on the Mini-Mental State Examination
* Severe Visual or Auditory deficits
* Cardiovascular conditions that impede physical activity
* Brain surgery

Primary outcomes:
measure: Amplitude of Center of Pressure under simple conditions
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Motor)
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Arithmetic)
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Verbal)
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Trail-Making Test
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale - Part III
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Montreal Cognitive Assessment
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire - 8
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Timed Up and Go test
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
measure: Falls Efficacy Scale International
timeFrame: Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lleida
country: Spain
facility: Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida
Study officials:
References:
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