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CompletedNCT02253563Updated May 12, 2016

Resistance Versus Balance Training in Parkinson's Disease

An interventional study of Resistance Training and Balance Training in Parkinson's Disease, sponsored by University of Kiel. Completed. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-05-12.

Sponsored by University of Kiel · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 100 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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

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Conditions studied

  • Parkinson's Disease

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In context

Parkinson Disease

4,487 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,082 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 40 is close to the median of 40 across 3,294 interventional studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.

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Lead sponsor

University of Kiel is the lead sponsor of 25 studies on the registry; 6 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 100 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • idiopathic Parkinson's Disease, postural instable

Exclusion criteria

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.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Resistance Training

    Group performing resistance training.

    Behavioral: Resistance Training

  • Experimental
    Balance Training

    Group performing balance training.

    Behavioral: Balance Training

Interventions

  • BehavioralResistance Training
  • BehavioralBalance Training
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Fullerton Advanced Balance scale

    Time frame: up to 2 years

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Schlenstedt C, Paschen S, Kruse A, Raethjen J, Weisser B, Deuschl G. Resistance versus Balance Training to Improve Postural Control in Parkinson's Disease: A Randomized Rater Blinded Controlled Study. PLoS One. 2015 Oct 26;10(10):e0140584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140584. eCollection 2015. PubMed 26501562 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 12, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02253563
Lead sponsor
University of Kiel
Responsible party
Christian Schlenstedt (PhD, University of Kiel) — Principal investigator
First posted
Oct 1, 2014
Start date
Jun 2011
Primary completion
Feb 2014
Completion
Feb 2014
Last update
May 12, 2016

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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