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Wuqinxi exercise and the onset of freezing

This study compares a traditional movement programme with stretching to investigate freezing while walking.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: ChiCTR2000037178

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Start (reported date)
2020-10-01

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: both

Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients who were diagnosed with PD according to the 2015 international MDS PD criteria; 2) no history of FOG (NFOGQ score =0); 3) PD patients at high risk of developing FOG (the risk value was accounted according to our established predicting model for FOG); 4) having received a stable anti PD medication therapy for at least 2 months ; 5) aged ranging from 45 to 85 years old. Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients were diagnosed with atypical parkinsonism, secondary parkinsonism or hereditary PD; 2) history of serous organic diseases (heart disease, hypertension, lung tuberculosis, nephritis, etc.); 3) history of serious arthritis, bone and joint diseases; 4) having regularly participated in sports exercises during the recent 2 months; 5) Mini Mental Stage Examination(MMSE) score was less than 23 points.
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

A Prospective clinical study of innovative Wuqinxi exercise intervention in delaying the occurrence of freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease

Original description

Intervention: experimental group:innovative Wuqinxi;control group:low intensity stretching exercise ; Primary outcome: the incidence of freezing of gait;the difference value between Apathy scale score at baseline and AS score after intervention; Secondary outcome: the difference value between the gait parameters at baseline and the gait parameters after intervention;the difference value between MDS-UPDRS III score at baseline and the MDS-III score after intervention;the difference value between FAB score at baseline and FAB score after intervention;the difference value between CGI score at baseline and CGI score after intervention;the difference value between PDQ-39 score at baseline and PDQ-39 score after intervention;the difference of the Bold signal of activated brain areas at baseline and after intervention;the difference value between HAMA score at baseline and HAMA score after intervention;the difference value between HAMD score at baseline and HAMA score after intervention;

Conditions reported: Parkinson 's disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
experimental group:innovative Wuqinxi;control group:low intensity stretching exercise ;
Phases
0
Sponsor
Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine
Start date reported by registry
2020-10-01 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Jing Gan · +86 13661776561 · ganjing67@126.com

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China

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