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title: Fast bodyweight training improves speed
nct_id: NCT06646523
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06646523"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06646523"
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# Fast bodyweight training improves speed

**Goal (in five words):** Fast bodyweight training improves speed

**Official Title:** Effects of Remotely Supervised Home-based High-speed Bodyweight Resistance Training on Bradykinesia in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial

**Trial ID:** [NCT06646523](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06646523)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Federal University of Minas Gerais
- **Target Enrollment:** 46 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-10-18
- **Completion Date:** 2026-03-31
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** High-speed bodyweight resistance training, Control group (Bodyweight intervention, usual speed)
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

The goal is to reduce bradykinesia, the slowness and reduced quickness in movement that makes daily tasks and walking harder for people with Parkinson's. The approach uses remotely supervised, home-based high-speed bodyweight resistance training, meaning fast, powerful bodyweight movements done under video coaching to train muscles and the nervous system to activate more quickly and produce greater movement speed, while the control group does the same exercises at a usual, slower pace; participants continue their regular antiparkinsonian meds. The trial is looking for people 50 or older with Parkinson's at Hoehn and Yahr stages 1,3 who have measurable bradykinesia, are on stable medication, are inactive or insufficiently active, can walk without assistive devices, have internet and a caregiver to assist, and do not have major cognitive or other medical issues or deep brain stimulation.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 50 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* ≥50 years old;
* Parkinson's disease diagnosed by a neurologista;
* classified between stages 1-3 of the modified Hoehn \& Yahr Scale;
* present bradykinesia identified by items 3.8 (Leg Agility) and/or 3.14 (Global Spontaneity of Movement - Body Bradykinesia) of the motor examination of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) with a minimum score of 1 out of 4 points in at least one of the items;
* taking antiparkinsonian medication, and who have been medically stable
* are classified as inactive or insufficiently active; have ability to walk independently without assistive devices; and have written medical permission to allow them to participate in the study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention classification will be used to determine if an individual is inactive or insufficiently active. Participants will be asked about the exercises they performed most often over the last 4 weeks, including their frequency and duration. Individuals who report that they have performed physical exercise over the last month at least five times per week for more than 30 min at a moderate intensity or at least three times per week for at least 20 min at a vigorous intensity will be classified as having moderate or vigorous exercise levels, respectively. Individuals who report not having practiced any exercise over the last month will be classified as inactive. Those who report doing physical exercise over the last month that is not classified as vigorous or moderate intensity will be classified as insufficiently active.

Exclusion Criteria:

* cognitive impairments as determined by cutoff scores (in points) of the Mini-Mental Status Examination according to education level reference;
* any other neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or respiratory disorders that could affect their ability to perform the tests;
* used deep brain stimulation (DBS);
* no access to the internet;
* who do not have a caregiver or family member who can assist during the intervention sessions
```

## Locations (1)

- Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil _(-19.9208, -43.9378)_
  - Christina CM Faria, Ph.D. — (CONTACT) — +55 (31) 34097448 — cdcmf@ufmg.br

## Central Contacts

- Christina CM Faria, Ph.D. — (CONTACT) — +55 (31) 34097448 — cdcmf@ufmg.br

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