Recruiting

Whole-body Vibration

Sponsor:

Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

Code:

NCT02306863

Conditions

Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

Primary Parkinsonism

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

vibrating chair

sham treatment

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will evaluate whether whole-body vibration applied over a 12-week period is effective in treating motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

Primary Parkinsonism

Study ID

NCT02306863

Start date

Jan, 2015

Status verified date

Feb, 2015

Completion date

Aug, 2015

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul, 2015

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's Disease by a Neurologist
  • Currently taking anti-Parkinsonian medication
  • Able to stand for 2 minutes without assistance
  • Able to walk 10 meters without assistance
  • Ability to understand English instructions
  • Normal or corrected vision

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A neurological disease other than PD
  • recent stroke
  • cardiovascular disease
  • previous major hemorrhage
  • artificial pacemaker
  • currently pregnant
  • Current participation in any physical therapy or experimental treatments
  • Peripheral neuropathy, severe osteoporosis
  • Visual impairments that cannot be corrected
  • Clinically diagnosed with dementia
  • Greater than mild dementia (screened using Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) <24 being excluded)

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: whole-body vibration

40 Hz Whole-body vibration applied via physioaccoustic method for 12 weeks, 3 times a week

sham comparator: sham treatment

simulated whole-body vibration applied 3 times a week for 12 weeks

Interventions

vibrating chair

vibration provided via physioacoustic method

sham treatment

simulated whole-body vibration

Primary outcome measure

  • Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) section III [ Time Frame: change from baseline, 12 weeks, and 2 week washout ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Adam K Koebel, BSc

519-884-0710koeb2420@mylaurier.ca

Patricia Freeman

519-884-0710pafreeman@wlu.ca

Locations

Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research & Rehabilitation Centre

Recruiting

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3J5

Contacts

Patricia Freeman

519-884-0710pafreeman@wlu.ca

Adam Koebel

519-884-0710koeb2420@mylaurier.ca

Principal Investigator:

Adam Koebel

More Information

Sponsor

Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

Last update posted

Feb 16, 2015

Last verified

Feb, 2015

Keywords

  • Parkinson's Disease
  • whole-body vibration
  • WBV

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre on 2015-02-16.