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Dance classes for movement disorders

This study investigates dance and health in people with Parkinson's, Huntington's disease or dystonia.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: RBR-75ys4s9

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Results reported

Start (reported date): 2023-03-10
Study finished (reported date): 2025-09-01

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2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: -

Inclusion criteria: Diagnosis of affection of basal ganglia, hyper or hypokinetic; hemodynamic stability; in use of prescribed medications and medical follow-up; both genders Exclusion criteria: Hemodynamic instability; without use of prescribed medications; without medical follow-up; withdrawal

Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Effects of dance on the quality of life of patients with basal ganglia disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Short title used by the registry

Effects of dance on health of patients with basal ganglia disease: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Original description

Intervention: This is a two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded examiner. Patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Huntington's or dystonia, undergoing medical follow-up and cardiovascular stability, will be invited to participate. After understanding and signing the TCLE, the volunteers will be divided into 2 groups, experimental and control. Experimental group: 50 individuals with physiotherapeutic treatment through dance sessions. Control group: 50 subjects will follow exclusively on standard medical treatment. The inclusion of participants in experimental or control groups will be randomized. Dance sessions in groups of up to 6 patients per class will be offered by physiotherapists in order to promote balance, motor control, range of motion and functionality through auditory stimuli through music and visual stimuli demonstrated by the physiotherapist. Patients will be supported, side by side, by a physiotherapist and a companion or family member, if necessary, in order to guarantee safety and prevent falls. The dance style to be performed will be the patients' free choice and the appropriate movements by the physiotherapist for each functional condition. The dance sessions will take place at the physiotherapy outpatient clinic, they will last 60 minutes, twice a week, for 3 months or 24 sessions, whichever comes first. Those who lose medical follow-up or have cardiovascular instability will be excluded from the study. Any volunteer may withdraw from the study if they wish, in which case the volunteer is counted as a statistical loss. All volunteers will be assessed before and reassessed after a period of 3 months or 24 sessions. The volunteers of the control group, after a reassessment, will be invited to participate in the treatment through dance.;E02.190.888.374 Primary outcome: It is expected that dance training promotes improvements in the quality of life of people with movement disorders due to base nucleus diseases. Secondary outcome: An improvement in postural balance is expected.;It is expected that there will be an increase in physical endurance.;Fatigue reduction is expected.;Anxiety reduction is expected.;It is expected that there will be a reduction in depression.;An increase in joint range of motion is expected.

Conditions reported: Parkinson Disease; dystonia; Huntington Disease;C10.228.140.079

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REBEC · RBR-75ys4s9 ↗ — Recruiting; WHO ICTRP processed 2025-10-27; checked 2026-10-11

Study type: Interventional
Interventions: This is a two-arm randomized controlled clinical trial with a blinded examiner. Patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Huntington's or dystonia, undergoing medical follow-up and cardiovascular stability, will be invited to participate. After understanding and signing the TCLE, the volunteers will be divided into 2 groups, experimental and control. Experimental group: 50 individuals with physiotherapeutic treatment through dance sessions. Control group: 50 subjects will follow exclusively on standard medical treatment. The inclusion of participants in experimental or control groups will be randomized. Dance sessions in groups of up to 6 patients per class will be offered by physiotherapists in order to promote balance, motor control, range of motion and functionality through auditory stimuli through music and visual stimuli demonstrated by the physiotherapist. Patients will be supported, side by side, by a physiotherapist and a companion or family member, if necessary, in order to guarantee safety and prevent falls. The dance style to be performed will be the patients' free choice and the appropriate movements by the physiotherapist for each functional condition. The dance sessions will take place at the physiotherapy outpatient clinic, they will last 60 minutes, twice a week, for 3 months or 24 sessions, whichever comes first. Those who lose medical follow-up or have cardiovascular instability will be excluded from the study. Any volunteer may withdraw from the study if they wish, in which case the volunteer is counted as a statistical loss. All volunteers will be assessed before and reassessed after a period of 3 months or 24 sessions. The volunteers of the control group, after a reassessment, will be invited to participate in the treatment through dance.;E02.190.888.374
Phases: N/A
Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
Start date reported by registry: 2023-03-10 (reported)

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

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Joice Assis · +55 (32) 4009-5372 · joice.assis@ebserh.gov.br

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Brazil

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