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title: Increase daily steps and socialization
nct_id: NCT06605183
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06605183"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06605183"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:08:08.444Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Increase daily steps and socialization

**Goal (in five words):** Increase daily steps and socialization

**Official Title:** 10,000 STEP CLUB: Community Walking Program to Decrease Sedentary Behavior, Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior, Loneliness, and Social Isolation in Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT06605183](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06605183)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- **Target Enrollment:** 60 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-09-11
- **Completion Date:** 2025-12-20
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Community walking program using Nordic walking poles
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

The trial aims to reduce sedentary time, fear-of-falling avoidance, loneliness, and social isolation in people with Parkinson's by getting them walking regularly in a group setting. Participants join a 6-month community walking program using Nordic walking poles, which add upper-body support to improve posture, stability, and walking efficiency while encouraging regular exercise and social connection. Enrollment is open to adults 30 to 85 with a neurologist diagnosis of Parkinson's who can walk independently with or without a cane or walker and can commit to six months, excluding people with medical conditions that limit exercise, dementia, or very poor walking ability on the Timed Up and Go test.

## Eligibility

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

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* 30-85 years old
* Neurologist-diagnosed Parkinson\'s disease
* Able to walk independently with or without a walking aid (e.g., cane, walker)
* Willing to participate in a 6-month study

Exclusion Criteria:

* Health diagnosis that would limit exercise participation (e.g., heart problems, uncontrolled blood pressure, exercise-induced asthma).
* Dementia. This will be determined by completing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
* Participants with poor walking ability (determined using the Timed Up and Go Test during initial testing).
```

## Locations (1)

- Gait and Balance Laboratory, 217 Bigelow Health Sciences Building, UNLV, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States _(36.1750, -115.1372)_
  - Merrill R Landers, DPT, PhD — (CONTACT) — 702-895-1377 — merrill.landers@unlv.edu

## Central Contacts

- Merrill R Landers, DPT, PhD — (CONTACT) — 702-895-1377 — merrill.landers@unlv.edu

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