Recruiting

Classical Guitar

Sponsor:

University of Washington

Code:

NCT05917704

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Guitar then physical therapy

Physical therapy then guitar

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to understand if training Parkinson's disease patients in classical guitar will improve motor function, mood, and quality of life. While medication has been found to be effective for many Parkinson's disease patients, many patients still have symptoms. Previous studies have found that music and rhythm-based activities can help Parkinson's disease symptoms. A previous study looked at the effect of playing classical guitar on Parkinson's disease symptoms. They found positive changes in Parkinson's disease symptoms that lasted for 6 weeks after the study ended. Further, there were positive changes in depression, anxiety, and quality of life.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study ID

NCT05917704

Start date

Jun 6, 2023

Status verified date

Jun, 2023

Completion date

Feb 1, 2024

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 12, 2023

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 50 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 50-90 years old
  • Diagnosis with Parkinson's disease by a Movement Disorder specialist

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Professional musician or formal music training
  • Inability to play a classical guitar physically
  • Inability to follow instruction
  • Receiving physical therapy at the time of the study
  • Unable to attend all sessions of study

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Crossover

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Guitar then physical therapy

Subjects will learn classical guitar then have physical therapy sessions.

active comparator: Physical therapy then guitar

Subjects will have physical therapy sessions then learn classical guitar

Interventions

Guitar then physical therapy

See arm/group descriptions

Physical therapy then guitar

See arm/group descriptions

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in the motor subscore of the Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Motor Subscale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christopher Adams, MS, MD

206-616-5207caadams1@uw.edu

Locations

Northwest Chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98109

Contacts

Christopher Adams, MS, MD

caadams1@uw.edu

Principal Investigator:

Christopher Adams, MS, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Washington

Last update posted

Jun 26, 2023

Last verified

Jun, 2023

Keywords

  • Parkinson's disease
  • music-based therapy

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Washington on 2023-06-26.