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Whole-body exercise for Neurodegenerative Disease

N/A

Waitlist Available

Research Sponsored by McMaster University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up baseline, week 4, week 14 and week 16

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test whether physical exercise can help improve swallowing in older adults with early-stage dementia.

Eligible Conditions

Neurodegenerative Disease
Dementia
Swallowing Difficulty
Parkinson's Disease
Cough

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ baseline, week 4, week 14 and week 16

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~baseline, week 4, week 14 and week 16

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, week 4, week 14 and week 16 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in respiratory function from baseline to end of intervention

Change in swallowing function from baseline to end of intervention

Secondary outcome measures

Change in aerobic fitness from baseline to end of intervention

Trial Design

1Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: Whole-body exerciseExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Whole-body exercise

2021

N/A

~10

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McMaster UniversityLead Sponsor

881 Previous Clinical Trials

2,597,881 Total Patients Enrolled

Joseph Brant HospitalOTHER

2 Previous Clinical Trials

160 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many individuals can partake in this research project?

"Affirmative. As conveyed by clinicaltrials.gov, this medical trial is currently recruiting patients - it was initially posted on May 1st 2021 and updated most recently on April 12th 2022. It requires a total of 12 participants from 2 separate sites."

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Is this study currently enrolling participants?

"The clinical trial is still open to recruiting. Clinicaltrials.gov reflects that it was first posted on May 1st 2021 and most recently revised by the researchers April 12th 2022."

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Recent research and studies

Journal of Applied PhysiologyJournal

Differential Effects of Targeted Tongue Exercise and Treadmill Running on Aging Tongue Muscle Structure and Contractile Properties

Kletzien, Heidi, John A. Russell, Glen E. Leverson, and Nadine P. Connor. 2013. “Differential Effects of Targeted Tongue Exercise and Treadmill Running on Aging Tongue Muscle Structure and Contractile Properties”. Journal of Applied Physiology. American Physiological Society. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.01370.2012.

The LaryngoscopeJournal

The Effects of Treadmill Running on Aging Laryngeal Muscle Structure

Kletzien, Heidi, John A. Russell, and Nadine P. Connor. 2015. “The Effects of Treadmill Running on Aging Laryngeal Muscle Structure”. The Laryngoscope. Wiley. doi:10.1002/lary.25520.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

The Effects of Whole-body Exercise to Improve Swallowing Function in Older Adults With Dementia

2021. "The Effects of Whole-body Exercise to Improve Swallowing Function in Older Adults With Dementia". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04362228.