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title: Build strength and improve walking
nct_id: NCT07498296
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT07498296"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07498296"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:07:14.116Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Build strength and improve walking

**Goal (in five words):** Build strength and improve walking

**Official Title:** Adapting High-Intensity Exercise and Sleep Monitoring Technology for Home Use in Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT07498296](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07498296)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** University of Colorado, Denver
- **Target Enrollment:** 16 participants
- **Start Date:** 2026-03-05
- **Completion Date:** 2026-11-15
- **Conditions:** PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder)
- **Interventions:** High Intensity Resistance Exercise
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

The trial aims to adapt high-intensity resistance exercise plus sleep-monitoring tech for safe home use in Parkinson's, to boost muscle strength, improve mobility and daily function, and track whether better sleep supports recovery. Participants follow remotely supervised, high-intensity resistance workouts that increase muscle strength and neuromuscular control to help tasks like standing and walking, while wearable sleep monitors record sleep quality and recovery; the program is meant to complement Parkinson's medications rather than replace them. Adults 18 and older with Parkinson's who live with less than minimal assistance and have internet plus a video-capable device are being recruited. People with uncontrolled heart or lung disease, major musculoskeletal injury, high fall risk, frequent structured community exercise, or who fail safety or cognitive screening are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Currently residing in Colorado, USA
* PD diagnosis per Movement Disorders Society Diagnostic Criteria
* Requiring less than minimal assistance at home
* Having internet access
* Having a video-capable device

Exclusion Criteria:

* Uncontrolled cardiovascular disease or pulmonary disease
* Musculoskeletal injuries
* Participation in Parkinson's Disease community exercise programs more than 3 days a week
* Contraindication to physical activity as determined by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
* Fall risk defined by requiring \>20 seconds to complete the 5 times sit to stand test14 or high frequency of falls within the past year (≥ one fall per month)
* Virtual Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score ≥ 18 (performed at the eligibility visit)
```

## Locations (1)

- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, United States _(39.7294, -104.8319)_
  - Lina Kleinschmidt — (CONTACT) — 8058861854 — lina.kleinschmidt@cuanschutz.edu
  - Aya Miften — (CONTACT) — aya.miften@cuanschutz.edu

## Central Contacts

- Lina Kleinschmidt, DPT — (CONTACT) — 18058861854 — lina.kleinschmidt@cuanschutz.edu
- Aya Miften, BS — (CONTACT) — aya.miften@cuanschutz.edu

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