Feasibility of Whole-body Drumming Classes for People With Parkinson's Disease

NCT04982003 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2019-004
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

People with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience difficulty with gait, postural instability, and lack of movement coordination and rhythmic timing. Non-motor functions affected by PD include time perception, feelings of apathy, depression, decreased self-efficacy, and decrease self-reported quality of life. There is currently a lack of information on how a therapeutic drumming class that uses whole-body large-amplitude movements to music would impact these motor and non-motor impairments in individuals with PD. The primary purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility of a 10-week whole-body drumming class to music specifically selected for its rhythmic structure, and effects on movement rhythm and time perception in individuals with PD. The secondary purpose is to assess the effects of the drumming class on apathy, depression, self-efficacy and health-related quality of life. Participants will be included if they have a diagnosis of PD and are able to move for an hour with rests, either standing or seated. Participants are tested before and after the class series and one month following.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Step Cadence Variability

  Variability (SD) of step cadence

  within 7 days before the intervention

• Step Cadence Variability

  Variability (SD) of step cadence

  within 7 days after intervention

• Step Cadence Variability

  Variability (SD) of step cadence

  1-month following intervention

• Stride Length Variability

  Variability (SD) of stride length

  within 7 days before the intervention

• Stride Length Variability

  Variability (SD) of stride length

  within 7 days after intervention

• Stride Length Variability

  Variability (SD) of stride length

  1-month following intervention

• Change in repeated finger-tapping

  change in inter-tapping intervals (ms) change from pre- to post-intervention

  within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

• Change in repeated finger-tapping

  change in inter-tapping intervals (ms) change from pre- to 1-month following end of intervention

  within 7 days before the intervention and 1-month following end of intervention

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Change in Nine-hole peg test (NHP) duration (s)

  within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

• Change in Nine-hole peg test (NHP) duration (s)

  within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

• Change in Physical Performance Test (PPT) score

  within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

• Change in Physical Performance Test (PPT) score

  within 7 days before the intervention, and 1-month following intervention

• Change in Parkinson Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39)

  within 7 days before the intervention and within 7 days after intervention

Study Arms (1)

Single Group

EXPERIMENTAL

A single group of subjects with pretest, posttest, and one-month follow-up testing relative to 10-week drumming exercise classes

Other: exercise

Interventions

exercise OTHER

10 weekly hour-long classes of drumming to music using large-amplitude, whole-body movements

Single Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• diagnosed with PD
• independent walking short community and household distances with or without assistive device
• able to participate in a 1-hour class once a week for ten weeks

You may not qualify if:

• change of Parkinson's medication or deep brain stimulation parameters within 2 weeks prior to or during the study
• inability to grasp 2-inch diameter "drum sticks"
• any conditions with contraindications to lift upper extremities overhead
• any medical restrictions to exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

• A.T. Still University of Health Sciences: lead

Study Sites (1)

A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences

Mesa, Arizona, 85206, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Tara L McIsaac, PhD, PT

  A.T. Still University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Model Details: single group, pre- post-test design

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2021
• First Posted: July 29, 2021
• Study Start: February 22, 2019
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2022
• Study Completion: July 30, 2022
• Last Updated: February 1, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)