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title: Improve everyday movement and thinking
nct_id: NCT06879821
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Fundacion Para La Investigacion Hospital La Fe
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06879821"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06879821"
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source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Improve everyday movement and thinking

**Goal (in five words):** Improve everyday movement and thinking

**Official Title:** Effectiveness of a High-intensity Functional Training (HIFT) Program on Functional and Cognitive Performance in People with Parkinson's Disease.

**Trial ID:** [NCT06879821](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06879821)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Fundacion Para La Investigacion Hospital La Fe
- **Target Enrollment:** 34 participants
- **Start Date:** 2022-03-14
- **Completion Date:** 2022-11-30
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** high intensity functional training
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

They're testing whether a high-intensity functional training program can improve everyday movement and thinking skills in people with early Parkinson's. HIFT is a supervised exercise routine that mixes strength, cardio, balance, and task-specific movements done at higher intensity to boost muscle power, endurance, balance, and brain plasticity, and it is intended to complement usual Parkinson's medications like levodopa rather than replace them. The trial is looking for adults about 45 to 80 years old with early stage Parkinson's (Hoehn and Yahr I or II) who can walk independently for 10 minutes and already exercise regularly; people who are sedentary, have serious balance or sensory problems, severe cognitive or psychotic disorders, recent surgery, or medical reasons preventing intense exercise are excluded.

## Eligibility

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

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
* Stage I or II (Hoehn - Yahr Scale).
* Age between 45 and 80 years.
* Independent ambulation for 10 consecutive minutes.
* Regular physical exercise.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Medical contraindication for physical activity, deafness or limited hearing and very low vision or blind.
* Vestibular disorders that compromise balance.
* Psychotic or severe cognitive disorder.
* Decompensation or changes in medication.
* Surgical intervention in the last 6 months.
* Sedentary persons
```

## Locations (1)

- University of Valencia, Valencia, Valencia, Spain _(39.4739, -0.3797)_
  - Marta Aguilar Rodríguez — (CONTACT) — 963 98 38 55 — marta.aguilar@uv.es
  - Ismael Vargas Villanueva — (CONTACT) — 620007093 — ismaelvargasvillanueva@gmail.com

## Central Contacts

- Marta Aguilar Rodríguez, PHD — (CONTACT) — +34-963983855 — marta.aguilar@uv.es

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