Resistance Versus Balance Training in Parkinson's Disease

Resistance Training Versus Balance Training to Improve Postural Control in Patients With Parkinson's Disease - a Randomized Controlled Rater Blinded Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02253563

Enrollment

Registered

2014-10-01

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2014-02-28

Last updated

2016-05-12

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Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Brief summary

Comparison of resistance training versus balance training to improve postural control in patients with Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORALResistance Training

BEHAVIORALBalance Training

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* idiopathic Parkinson's Disease, postural instable

Exclusion criteria

* cardiopulmonary/metabolic diseases that could interfere with the safe conduct of the study protocol, unstable medication, severe cognitive impairments that do not allow the patients to follow exercise instructions, participation in a resistance or balance training program (beside usual physical therapy), Deep Brain Stimulation.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Fullerton Advanced Balance scale	up to 2 years

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 4, 2026