Increase daily walking step count
- Trial ID
- NCT04848077
- Official Title
- STEPWISE Parkinson: A Smartphone Based, Titrated Exercise Solution for Patients With Parkinson's Disease in Daily Life
- Goal
- Increase daily walking step count
- Phase
- NA
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sponsor
- Radboud University Medical Center
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Enrollment
- 452 participants
- Conditions
- Movement Disorders, Parkinson Disease
- Interventions
- Step count increase with the use of a motivational smartphone application
Plain-Language Summary
The goal is to help people with Parkinson's who walk relatively little increase their daily step count to boost mobility, fitness, and everyday function. The approach uses a motivational smartphone app that tracks steps and gives personalized, gradually increased step-count targets with reminders and feedback, so it nudges more walking in daily life without changing medications like levodopa. Adults with idiopathic Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 to 3 who can walk independently, understand Dutch, and currently average under 7,000 steps per day are being enrolled. People with frequent recent falls, other mobility-limiting medical problems, cognitive issues that prevent app use, those living in nursing homes, or without a compatible smartphone are excluded.
Locations
- Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is this trial testing?
- This trial is studying Step count increase with the use of a motivational smartphone application. The goal is to help people with Parkinson's who walk relatively little increase their daily step count to boost mobility, fitness, and everyday function. The approach uses a motivational smartphone app that tracks steps and gives personalized, gradually increased step-count targets with reminders and feedback, so it nudges more walking in daily life without changing medications like levodopa. Adults with idiopathic Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 to 3 who can walk independently, understand Dutch, and currently average under 7,000 steps per day are being enrolled. People with frequent recent falls, other mobility-limiting medical problems, cognitive issues that prevent app use, those living in nursing homes, or without a compatible smartphone are excluded.
- Who can participate?
- Participants must be at least 18 Years.
- Where is this trial located?
- This trial is recruiting at 1 location.
- Does it cost anything to join?
- No. There is no cost to participate. Study-related care and treatment are provided at no charge.
- How long does the trial last?
- This trial is estimated to last approximately 5 years and 3 months.