Golf, Physical Rehabilitation, and Movement Disorders

University of Florida9 enrolled

Overview

The importance of physical activity for individuals with movement disorders, including Parkinson disease and Essential tremor, has been established. Barriers including patient engagement continue to limit effectiveness. Golf requires skills found challenging to individuals with movement disorders. This study seeks to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of an outpatient-based rehabilitation program incorporating golf skills and activities on functional measures and quality of life.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Parkinson Disease, Movement Disorders

Interventions

Physical Therapy, ExerciseOTHER

Outpatient physical therapy intervention incorporating golf related assessment of skills and prescribed exercises including postural, balance, and club swing

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 105 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of either PD, Parkinsonism, or ET. Subjects must also demonstrate functional deficits in at least one of the three categories (gait, transfers, balance) to be further assessed by the evaluating PT Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects will be excluded if they are unable to maintain standing balance with an assistive device, if they are non-ambulatory even with a device, if pain does not allow for subject participation, and if they are unable to follow instructions due to an underlying attentional or cognitive deficit.

Locations (1)

University of Florida

Jacksonville, Florida, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in functional gait assessment

Scale that measures ambulation quality

Time frame: Scale completed at baseline and at 6 weeks of treatment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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