10,000 Step Club: Community Walking Program for People with Parkinson's Disease

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age30-85
SponsorUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas

About this trial

The 10,000 Step Club (10KSTC) is a 6-month community walking program for people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) and their caregivers in Las Vegas, Nevada (LV). This program will consist of several weekly, organized walking groups in local parks throughout the LV Valley. Participants in the program will use Nordic walking poles during the walks. Each walking group will meet once per week at a local park and will be supervised by walking group leaders from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. There will be three walking programs throughout the Las Vegas valley. Participants will be given a step watch to wear step counts will be tracked in real-time. The program is designed to get PwP out of their homes, cultivate a culture of connection with others with Parkinson's disease (PD), and to be collectively accountable for a common goal toward 10,000 steps per day.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

30-85 years old

Neurologist-diagnosed Parkinson's disease

Able to walk independently with or without a walking aid (e.g., cane, walker)

Willing to participate in a 6-month study

Disqualifiers

Health diagnosis that would limit exercise participation (e.g., heart problems, uncontrolled blood pressure, exercise-induced asthma).

Dementia. This will be determined by completing the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Participants with poor walking ability (determined using the Timed Up and Go Test during initial testing).

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Community walking program using Nordic walking poles

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group