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title: Improve posture and trunk flexibility
nct_id: NCT06536478
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
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# Improve posture and trunk flexibility

**Goal (in five words):** Improve posture and trunk flexibility

**Official Title:** The Effect of Exercise Intervention on Posture, Trunk Flexibility and Spine Function in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT06536478](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06536478)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** National Taiwan University Hospital
- **Target Enrollment:** 40 participants
- **Start Date:** 2023-09-28
- **Completion Date:** 2026-07-31
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** exercise, education
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

It aims to reduce stooped posture and improve trunk flexibility and spine function in Parkinson's, which can ease back pain and help balance. The program uses supervised exercise plus education that focuses on strengthening back extensor and core muscles, stretching tight trunk muscles, posture training, and mobility drills to increase spinal range of motion and teach safer alignment during daily activities. Because it is a non-drug intervention, it does not change how levodopa works; instead it targets the muscle weakness and stiffness that medications usually do not fix. The trial is looking for people aged 30 to 85 with Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stage 2 to 3 who are medically stable, able to follow instructions, and compliant with medications, excluding those with dementia, recent musculoskeletal injuries or surgery, cardiopulmonary limits, or acute neurological problems.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 30 Years
- **Maximum age:** 85 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Hoehn-Yahr classification 2 to 3
* Regular compliance with medication program
* Stable medical condition and vital signs, conscious
* Be able to follow instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cognitive impairment or dementia who are unable to cooperate with therapy or functional assessment
* Patients with musculoskeletal injuries or surgeries that have resulted in limited mobility
* Patients with physician-diagnosed cardiorespiratory disorders with activity limitations
* Patients with acute neurological disorders.
```

## Locations (1)

- National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan _(24.8036, 120.9686)_
  - Jui-chi Hsu — (CONTACT) — +886-3526151 — jchsu@hch.gov.tw

## Central Contacts

- Jui-chi Hsu — (CONTACT) — +886-5326151 — jchsu@hch.gov.tw
- Jui-chi Hsu — (CONTACT) — +886-937138061 — reachel33@gmail.com

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