Effects of Table Tennis for People With Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Motor and Cognitive Effects of Table Tennis on Parkinson's Disease: Pilot Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06444685
• Other study ID #: 2023CRINDESTABC
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2026

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Universitat de Lleida
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games).

Description:

Quasi-experimental, controlled, non-randomised two-arm pilot, with an experimental group (table tennis exercise) and an active control group (cognitive training based on board games). Interventions in both groups will take place twice a week for 6 weeks (12 sessions in total). The main variables to be assessed will be motor and cognitive. As secondary variables, clinical and daily life aspects will be assessed. As results, it is expected that the experimental group will obtain improvements in motor variables compared to the control group after receiving the interventions. However, improvements in cognitive variables and secondary variables are expected to be similar in both groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2026
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2025
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease based on the UK PD Society Brain Bank Criteria

• Stage I to III on the Hoehn and Yahr scale

• Ability to walk for 10 minutes unassisted

Exclusion Criteria:

• Score of under 23 on the Mini-Mental State Examination

• Severe Visual or Auditory deficits

• Cardiovascular conditions that impede physical activity

• Brain surgery

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parkinson Disease

Intervention

Other:
• Exercise and cognitive training interventino
Exercise and cognitive training based on Table tennis and Tabletop games.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida	Lleida

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universitat de Lleida	Asociació de Parkinson de les Terres de Lleida, Club Tennis Taula Borges Blanques

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (5)

Alexander GE, Crutcher MD, DeLong MR. Basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits: parallel substrates for motor, oculomotor, "prefrontal" and "limbic" functions. Prog Brain Res. 1990;85:119-46. — View Citation

Estrada-Plana V, Montanera R, Ibarz-Estruga A, March-Llanes J, Vita-Barrull N, Guzman N, Ros-Morente A, Ayesa Arriola R, Moya-Higueras J. Cognitive training with modern board and card games in healthy older adults: two randomized controlled trials. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Jun;36(6):839-850. doi: 10.1002/gps.5484. Epub 2021 Jan 8. — View Citation

Inoue K, Fujioka S, Nagaki K, Suenaga M, Kimura K, Yonekura Y, Yamaguchi Y, Kitano K, Imamura R, Uehara Y, Kikuchi H, Matsunaga Y, Tsuboi Y. Table tennis for patients with Parkinson's disease: A single-center, prospective pilot study. Clin Park Relat Disord. 2020 Dec 30;4:100086. doi: 10.1016/j.prdoa.2020.100086. eCollection 2021. — View Citation

Olsson K, Franzen E, Johansson A. A Pilot Study of the Feasibility and Effects of Table Tennis Training in Parkinson Disease. Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl. 2020 Jun 2;2(3):100064. doi: 10.1016/j.arrct.2020.100064. eCollection 2020 Sep. — View Citation

Shahed J, Jankovic J. Motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Handb Clin Neurol. 2007;83:329-42. doi: 10.1016/S0072-9752(07)83013-2. No abstract available. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Amplitude of Center of Pressure under simple conditions	Assessment of amplitude of Center of Pressure (in mm) during balance testing using OPAL Sensors (APDM, Oregon, USA).	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Primary	Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Motor)	Assessment of amplitude of Center of Pressure (in mm) during balance testing under concurrent cognitive tasks (Motor, by holding a glass of water on a tray) using OPAL Sensors (APDM, Oregon, USA).	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Primary	Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Arithmetic)	Assessment of amplitude of Center of Pressure (in mm) during balance testing under concurrent cognitive tasks (Arithmetic, by concurrently substracting 7 from a random number) using OPAL Sensors (APDM, Oregon, USA).	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Primary	Amplitude of Center of Pressure under Dual Task conditions (Verbal)	Assessment of amplitude of Center of Pressure (in mm) during balance testing under concurrent cognitive tasks (Verbal, by naming words starting by a random letter) using OPAL Sensors (APDM, Oregon, USA).	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Primary	Trail-Making Test	Assessment of Trail-Making Test parts A and B	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary	United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale - Part III	Assessment of Motor symptoms of Parkinson's Disease with a predetermined assessment	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary	Montreal Cognitive Assessment	Assessment of cognitive status to detect Mild Cognitive Impairment with a preset questionnaire.	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary	Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire - 8	Assessment of Quality of Life for people with Parkinson's Disease through a self-administered questionnaire	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary	Timed Up and Go test	Assessment of gait mobility and fall risk by getting up from a chair, walking 3 meters, turning back and sitting again.	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).
Secondary	Falls Efficacy Scale International	Assessment of perceived fall risk with a predetermined questionnaire.	Assessed before starting the intervention (T0) and 6 weeks later (T0 + 6 weeks).