Post-Physical Therapy Extension of In-Home Dynamic Standing Table Use in Parkinson Disease

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Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease

In brief

When postural imbalance and gait difficulties emerge in subjects with Parkinson disease, patients are typically referred for a number of physical therapy sessions. However, there is a critical gap in clinical practice on what to do once patients have completed their therapy sessions. To fill this gap, the study team has developed a standing table with a tabletop system that encourages weight shifting during upright standing ("dynamic standing table"), and therefore may be a unique means to increase daily physical activity by integrating the system with routine desktop activities of daily living. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a post-physical therapy in-home physical activity program using the dynamic standing table (as an adjunct to post-physical therapy standard of care-weekly physical activity group sessions) is effective in sustaining the mobility benefits of physical therapy in individuals with Parkinson disease.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03045211

Run by

University of Michigan

People needed

22

Starts

2016-09-01

Expected to finish

2020-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-22

Who can join

Age: 45 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presence of Parkinson's disease. PD diagnosis following the UK Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank Research Center (UKPDSBRC) clinical diagnostic criteria for PD, consistent with the typical nigrostriatal denervation pattern on VMAT2.
• Hoehn and Yahr stages 2-4 and/or presence of PIGD features, such as history of (near) falls, slow gait, and/or freezing of gait.
• Available space to place table in their home (approximately 6 ft x 5 ft area).

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to stand or walk without an assistive device.
• History of symptoms in stance that preclude safe and comfortable participation, such as dizziness and lightheadedness, orthostasis, severe symptomatic leg or back musculoskeletal pain.
• History of significant symptomatic cardiovascular or pulmonary disease.
• History of active symptomatic rheumatic arthritis.
• History of stroke or other focal brain conditions with residual sensorimotor deficits interfering with stance functions.
• History of chronic pain syndrome requiring daily narcotic analgesics.
• Evidence of dementia.
• Venous stasis or severe varicosities

Where it is running

• University of Michigan Functional Neuroimaging, Cognitive and Mobility Laboratory — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

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