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title: Improve balance using gamified exercise
nct_id: NCT06538298
phase: EARLY_PHASE1
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: California State University, Northridge
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06538298"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06538298"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:03:36.716Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Improve balance using gamified exercise

**Goal (in five words):** Improve balance using gamified exercise

**Official Title:** A Multimodal Exercise Program With Gamification (MEP+G) in Individuals With Parkinson Disease: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

**Trial ID:** [NCT06538298](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06538298)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** EARLY_PHASE1
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** California State University, Northridge
- **Target Enrollment:** 50 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-09-15
- **Completion Date:** 2026-05-26
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Multimodal Exercise Program with Gamification
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

The goal is to see if a structured, multimodal exercise program with game-like features can improve mobility, balance, endurance, and daily function in people with Parkinson's, possibly lowering fall risk and easing symptom burden. The program combines aerobic, strength, balance, and flexibility exercises with gamification elements like interactive feedback and challenges to boost motivation and adherence, and it aims to strengthen muscles and support brain circuits involved in movement as a complement to medications like levodopa, not a replacement. Eligible participants are adults 40 to 80 with idiopathic Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stages 1,3 who can walk and stand for 10 minutes, have stable Parkinson's meds for at least 3 months, can get medical clearance and travel to the site, and who are not already doing more than 60 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous exercise, in Rock Steady boxing, living with another neurological disease, or within 3 months of deep brain stimulation.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 40 Years
- **Maximum age:** 80 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Hoehn and Yahr stages 1-3 disease as determined by primary care physician, neurologist, or movement disorder specialist
* diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
* ability to ambulate with or without an assistive device
* transportation to and from testing site
* ability to stand unassisted for 10 minutes
* stable on Parkinson's disease medications for 3 months as determined by physician
* medical clearance by their PCP, neurologist, or movement disorder specialist to participate in a moderate to vigorous exercise program.

Exclusion Criteria:

* other neurological disease other than Parkinson's disease
* having had deep brain stimulation within the past 3 months , as determined by their physician
* currently participating in a Rock Steady boxing program
* self-report participation in moderate to vigorous exercise greater than 60 minutes per week.

  * required
```

## Locations (1)

- Equilibrium Physical Therapy, Ventura, California, United States _(34.2783, -119.2932)_
  - Amy Griffin, DPT — (CONTACT) — 805-339-9718 — agriffin@equilibrium-bpc.com

## Central Contacts

- Andrew S Bartlett, PhD — (CONTACT) — 5857646717 — Andrew.Bartlett@csun.edu

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