Recruiting

RSB & PD SAFEx

Sponsor:

Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

Code:

NCT03618901

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Rock Steady Boxing

PD SAFEx

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study evaluates the effect on Rock Steady Boxing (RSB) and PD SAFEx on Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study ID

NCT03618901

Start date

Sep 30, 2018

Status verified date

May, 2019

Completion date

Aug 30, 2019

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jul 30, 2019

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • must be able to understand verbal instructions in English
  • diagnosed with idiopathic PD by a neurologist

Exclusion Criteria:

  • if diagnosed with a neurological condition other than PD
  • if participated in an exercise program at least 2-weeks prior to the start of the study

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Rock Steady Boxing

Non-contact boxing program.

active comparator: PD SAFEx

Sensory attention focused exercise.

Interventions

Rock Steady Boxing

Boxing programs as offered by the Rock Steady Boxing institution,

PD SAFEx

Progressive proprioception training.

Primary outcome measure

  • Motor symptom improvements [ Time Frame: change from baseline at 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Locations

Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

Recruiting

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3J4

Contacts

Kishoree Sangarapillai, Msc

5198840710sang3490@mylaurier.ca

Quincy Almeida, PhD

5198840710qalmeida@wlu.ca

More Information

Sponsor

Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

Last update posted

May 16, 2019

Last verified

May, 2019

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 2019-05-16.