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title: Measure dance exercise energy expenditure
nct_id: NCT06425731
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Northeastern University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06425731"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06425731"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:07:32.246Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Measure dance exercise energy expenditure

**Goal (in five words):** Measure dance exercise energy expenditure

**Official Title:** Characterizing Dance-related Physical Activity Behaviors Among Adults Living With Parkinson's Disease for Automated Analyses of Energy Expenditure

**Trial ID:** [NCT06425731](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06425731)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Northeastern University
- **Target Enrollment:** 60 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-07-01
- **Completion Date:** 2026-07-31
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Fasting, No Intervention
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

The aim is to map how people with Parkinson's move during Dance for PD classes so researchers can develop automated tools that more accurately estimate energy expenditure and calories burned from dance. Volunteers are monitored during dance sessions while researchers collect movement and metabolic data, with some sessions done fasting to get baseline metabolic readings, so the team can link specific dance patterns to energy use. They are looking for adults 18 to 85 with neurologist-confirmed idiopathic Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stage 3 or lower who are already enrolled in Dance for PD classes; people with severe medical, respiratory, or metabolic conditions, implanted devices, active smoking, pregnancy, or low cognitive screening scores are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Maximum age:** 85 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Adults (18-85 years old)
* Diagnosis of idiopathic PD (as confirmed by a neurologist), who are at a Hoehn and Yahr stage \<=3 (i.e., physically independent, some postural instability, mild to moderate bilateral involvement or less severe symptoms; Bhidayasiri et al., 2012), and who are
* enrolled in Dance for PD® classes at the time of recruitment as a participant

Exclusion Criteria:

* Adults with a score of \>3 on the Hoehn \& Yahr scale (i.e., those presenting with severely disabling disease, but still able to walk or stand unassisted or those who are confined to a bed or wheelchair unless aided; Bhidayasiri et al., 2012)
* history of a prior neurological condition that is not PD, including epilepsy
* pregnant or trying to become pregnant
* those with contraindications to exercise as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PARQ+)
* currently smoke cigarettes or use tobacco products
* have a pacemaker or other implanted medical device
* have been hospitalized due to a psychological disorder within the last 5 years
* have a respiratory disease (including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease- COPD, asthma, pulmonary high blood pressure)
* have a metabolic condition (including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, chronic kidney disease, or liver problems)
* have a kidney condition, a heart condition, history of stroke or cancer
* experienced a blackout, fainted, or lost consciousness as a result of a head injury or had diagnosed concussion within the last 12 months
* take a medication that affects cardiovascular responses to exercise
* prospective participants with a diagnosis of PD who score \< 17 on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-30)
* currently residing outside of the United States
```

## Locations (1)

- Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States _(42.3584, -71.0598)_
  - Gregory Cloutier — (CONTACT) — 617-373-8009 — g.cloutier@northeastern.edu
  - Aston K McCullough, PhD, MS, MA — (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

## Central Contacts

- Aston K McCullough, PhD, MS, MA — (CONTACT) — 6173738893 — a.mccullough@northeastern.edu

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