The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of video dance class and unsupervisedphysical activity on clinical-functional parameters, self-isolation and non-motorssymptoms in people with Parkinson's disease during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Experimental Design: an interventional study. Search Location: Exercise Research
Laboratory at the School of Physical Education, Physiotherapy and Dance, Federal
University of Rio Grande do Sul, and in the Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic of the
Hospital of Clinicals of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Participants: 60 participants from the Dance, the Nordic Walking, and the Aquatic Jogging
extension projects at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, both sexes, from 50 to 80
years old, diagnosed with idiopathic PD, will be separate in three groups: Video Dance
Classes, in the unsupervised physical activity, and in the control group. Interventions:
video dance class, unsupervised physical activity, and a control group. The video dance
class program will have a frequency of two sessions per week and a duration of 30 minutes
for 12 weeks. The unsupervised physical activity receives an unsupervised home exercise
program with a frequency of two sessions per week and a duration of 30 minutes for 12
weeks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The control group will be people with PD, engaged, before the Covid-19 pandemic, in the
Dance, the Nordic Walk and the Aquatic Jogging extension projects at Federal University
of Rio Grande do Sul but did not do any type of physical activity during the Covid-19
pandemic.
To evaluate the impacts of the activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, evaluations will
be performed by telephone after 60 days of social distance and self-isolation. Outcomes:
clinical-functional parameters and non-motor parameters. Data Analysis: Data will be
described by average values and standard deviation values. The comparisons between groups
will be performed using a Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) analysis, adopting a
level of significance (α) of 0.05. Expected Results: Participants who have remained
committed with the video dance class or with the unsupervised physical activity during
the Covid-19 pandemic expected to be less affected in the analyzed outcomes, especially
in Quality of Life, when compared to the control group. In addition, it is expected that
the research results could help to future developments in the scientific, technological,
economic, social, and environmental fields.
Other: Video Dance classes
The dance program consists of dance lessons inspired by Forró rhythm and Samba rhythm.
The classes will be held through a recorded video that must be played twice a week. Each
video class lasts 30 minutes.
Other: Unsupervised physical activities
The classes will be held through a recorded video that must be played twice a week. Each
video class lasts 30 minutes.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Volunteers
- aged over 50 years
- both sexes
- clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD
- PD staging between 1 and 4 in Hoehn and Yahr Scale (H&Y)
- Peoples with PD engaged, before the Covid-19 pandemic, in the Dance, the Nordic Walk
and the Aquatic Jogging extension projects at Federal University of Rio Grande do
Sul.
Exclusion Criteria:
- performing recent surgeries, deep brain stimulation (DBS - Deep Brain Stimulations);
- severe heart diseases, uncontrolled hypertension, myocardial infarction within a
period of less than one year, being a pacemaker;
- stroke or other associated neurological diseases; insanity;
- prostheses in the lower limbs;
- without ambulation conditions.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Investigator: Leonardo A Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD
Contact: +555133085818
leonardo.tartaruga@ufrgs.br
Leonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD
+555133085818 - 5820
leonardo.tartaruga@ufrgs.br
Aline N. Haas, PhD
+555133085818 - 5820
alinehaas02@hotmail.com
Leonardo A. Peyré-Tartaruga, PhD, Study Director
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul