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Comparing training approaches for turning and freezing

Researchers compare two rehabilitation approaches for turning difficulties and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT06815302

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Start (reported actual date): 2025-06-02
Main measurements finished (planned): 2026-12-31
Study finished (planned): 2027-06-30

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2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Ages 50 years to 80 years · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Inclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of idiopathic PD from movement disorders neurologist with the United Kingdom Brain Bank criteria of bradykinesia with one or more of the following - rest tremor, rigidity, and balance problems not from visual, vestibular, cerebellar or proprioceptive conditions * reporting FOG in the New Freezing of Gait questionnaire (N-FOGQ) * Hoehn \& Yahr stages II-IV * ages 50-80 years old * cognitive ability sufficient to participate in testing procedures and exercise classes * be willing and able to participate in exercise intervention 3x/week for 6 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * Major musculoskeletal or neurological disorders, structural brain disease, epilepsy, acute illness or health history, other than PD, significantly affecting gait and turning (i.e., musculoskeletal disorder, vestibular problem, head injury, stroke, cardiac disease) * medical condition or medications that precludes moderate-intensity exercise * Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ≤21 or inability to follow directions * excessive use of alcohol or recreational drugs * recent change in medication * inability to stand and walk for 2 minutes without an assistive device

Full study name & original research details

Official study title

TURN-IT FOG: A Novel Intervention to Improve Turning in People With PD and Freezing of Gait

Short title used by the registry

TURN-IT FOG: Improving Turning and Freezing of Gait in People With PD

Original description

The goals of this clinical trial are to 1) learn how two different rehabilitation interventions for PD can reduce Freezing of Gait (FOG) in people with Parkinson's disease, as assessed by patients, clinicians, and wearable sensors, and 2) to explore whether two different rehabilitation intervention can reduce FOG and improve daily life mobility in people with FOG sufficiently to justify a clinical trial. Participants will: * Be randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups (turning-focused agility exercise or strength-based exercise) * Have one-on-one training sessions three times per week for 6 weeks * Perform in-lab assessments before beginning and after completing the study intervention * Use wearable mobility sensors during daily life to measure their walking and balance

Conditions reported: Parkinson Disease; Freezing of Gait Symptoms in Parkinson Disease

Registry records for this study

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ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06815302 ↗ — RECRUITING; checked 2026-10-13
ClinicalTrials.gov · NCT06815302 ↗ — Recruiting; WHO ICTRP processed 2025-09-08; checked 2026-10-13

Study type: Interventional
Interventions: Experimental intervention; Active intervention
Phases: NA
Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Start date reported by registry: 2025-06-02 (actual)

Registry updated: 2025-07-28 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2025-07

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Graham R Harker, MPH · (503) 418-2601 · harkerg@ohsu.edu

Study locations

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Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona, United States

Recruiting

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, United States

Recruiting

University of São Paulo, Bauru Campus

Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil

Recruiting

Facility not reported

United States

Status not reported

Facility not reported

Brazil

Status not reported

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