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Shorter or longer courses of LSVT BIG

Researchers are comparing two amounts of training that practises larger movements in Parkinson's.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: DRKS00000730

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Start (reported date)
2011-04-20

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion criteria: Idiopathic Parkinson Stage Hoehn & Yahr I-III ·UPDRS-Motor-Score (III) 12 or more comprising at least 6 points on bradykinesia-items. Ambulatory without walking-aids. Willingness to participate in a randomized study. Sufficient time and mobility for intensive out-patient-treatment Exclusion criteria: ·Dementia(MMSE < 20) ·Severe Depression ·Severe Dyskinesia when ON ·Motor impairment due zto other diseases ·Reduced abilizty to practice due to cardiac or other diseases
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

BIG therapy in Parkinson's disease: dose response relations - BIGdr study

Short title used by the registry

BIG therapy in Parkinson's disease: dose response relations

Original description

Intervention: Group 1: BIG therapy classic (16 hrs / 4weeks) Group 2: BIG therapy short version (10hrs/2 weeks) Primary outcome: UPDRS-Motor-Score (Sum score of all itemns of UPDRS Part III) in ON-state (Rater blinded video-rating) at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 16 weeks. UODRS part III is the international standard for the assessment of motor performance in PD. Secondary outcome: Quality of life (PDQ-39), ADL (UPDRS Part II), cognitive function (TAP) Motivation (Paremo-20) Gait analysis (Hasomed) and timed-tests (6-min-walk-Test, stand-walk-sit-Test, Box & Block-Test) will be assessed at baseline and at 16 weeks follow-up. Walking velocity will be measured by manual stopwatch on a 20m indoor parcours. The stand-walk-sit test comprises raising from a chair- walking 5m-turn-walking back 5m-sit down.

Conditions reported: G20;Parkinson disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Group 1: BIG therapy classic (16 hrs / 4weeks) Group 2: BIG therapy short version (10hrs/2 weeks)
Phases
N/A
Sponsor
Neurologisches Fachkrankenhaus für Bewegungsstörungen / Parkinson
Start date reported by registry
2011-04-20 (reported)

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

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Georg Ebersbach · +49 33204 22781 · ebersbach@parkinson-beelitz.de

Study locations

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Germany

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