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Progressive Resistance Training for Dystonia

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Waitlist Available
Led By Aparna Wagle Shukla, M.D.
Research Sponsored by University of Florida
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline through 24 months
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will study how exercise affects people with involuntary movement disorders and healthy individuals over time.

Eligible Conditions
  • Dystonia

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline through 24 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline through 24 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Burke-Fahn-Marsden Dystonia Rating Scale score
Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale Score
Secondary outcome measures
Changes in blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD) signal
Hand grip dynamometer
Oral Medication
+1 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Progressive Resistance TrainingExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Participants assigned to this arm will receive progressive resistance training under the supervision of a personal trainer at a gym facility close to their home. They will be required to perform these exercises twice a week for the first six months. They will be monitored with an activity monitor.
Group II: Control ArmActive Control1 Intervention
The control arm offered to subjects with dystonia and other involuntary muscle disorders, participants will be followed at baseline and 6 months similar to what will be done in active exercise arm but this arm will not receive exercise. They will be monitored with an activity monitor.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Progressive Resistance Training
2021
Completed Early Phase 1
~190

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of FloridaLead Sponsor
1,340 Previous Clinical Trials
715,667 Total Patients Enrolled
16 Trials studying Dystonia
602 Patients Enrolled for Dystonia
Aparna Wagle Shukla, M.D.Principal InvestigatorUniversity of Florida
1 Previous Clinical Trials
5 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Dystonia
5 Patients Enrolled for Dystonia

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Exercise Training in Dystonia
2017. "Exercise Training in Dystonia". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03318120.
~1 spots leftby Apr 2025
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