Step Up to PD: A Community-based Walking Program for People With Parkinson's Disease
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Community Walking Program.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Parkinson Disease, Parkinson Disease, Idiopathic. Basic parameters: 30 years — 85 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study will investigate the feasibility of a 6-month community walking program for people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and their care partners in greater Saint Louis, Missouri region. The walking program will consist of weekly, organized walking groups at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Participants in the program will use Nordic walking poles during the walks. The walking group(s) will meet once per week and will be supervised by walking group leaders from Saint Louis University. Participants will be given a smart watch to wear that will help step counts will be tracked in real-time. The program is designed to get people with Parkinson's disease out of their homes, cultivate a culture of connection with others with Parkinson's disease, and to be collectively accountable for a common goal toward increasing their physical and social engagement in their communities.
Interventions
- Behavioral Community Walking Program
This is a group, community walking program at local parks using Nordic walking poles. Participants will be encouraged to walk briskly but safely for 60 minutes one time per week with the ultimate goal of using this community walking program to drive behavioral change (increased physical and social engagement in their communities) throughout the week.
Primary outcome measures
- Safety/Rate of Falls - Feasibility [Time frame: From enrollment to both the 6 and 12 month endpoints]
- Enrollment - Feasibility [Time frame: Through enrollment of all the study participants]
- Attendance - Feasibility [Time frame: Enrollment through the 6- and 12-month endpoints]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Steps per Day [Time frame: From baseline assessment through the the end of the fall reporting period at 18 months]
- Balance Discordance [Time frame: From baseline assessment through the 6- and 12-month endpoints]
- Loneliness [Time frame: From baseline assessment through the 6- and 12-month endpoints]
- Social Connection [Time frame: From baseline assessment through the 6- and 12-month endpoints]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 30-85 years old
- Neurologist-diagnosed Parkinson's disease
- Able to walk independently with or without a walking aid (e.g., cane, walker)
- Willing to participate in study for at least 6 months
Exclusion criteria
- Health diagnosis that would limit exercise participation (e.g., heart problems, uncontrolled blood pressure, exercise-induced asthma).
- Additional neurologic disease or injury beyond Parkinson's disease.
- Evidence of significant cognitive impairment. This will be determined by completing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
- Participants with poor walking ability (determined using the Timed Up and Go Test during initial testing).
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- N/A
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Integrated Health and Movement Science Laboratory, Saint Louis University — St Louis
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06859528 · 34235