Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether adding strength training to aerobic training has a comparable or greater effect on the clinical status of Parkinson's disease patients than a standalone aerobic training.
- Does combined strength-endurance circuit training provide added benefits to physical performance, disease severity, blood biomarkers, and quality of life in PD patients compared to standalone aerobic training?
Participants will:
- undergo outcome measurements before and after the 12-week intervention and a 3-month follow-up measurement,
- visit the clinic twice a week for 1-hour training sessions.
- selected patients will be given a smartwatch with a pedometer that will count their average number of steps before, during and after the training period
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- age ≥18 years
- diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson´s disease
- Hoehn-Yahr Scale ≤ 2,5
- stable dopaminergic medication
Exclusion Criteria:
- age ≥75 years
- Hoehn-Yahr Scale ≥ 2,5
- deep brain stimulation
- presence of freezing
- Camptocormia
- inability to walk without support
- inability to perform study procedures
- limiting co-morbidities
- attendance at training sessions below 70%