Design of the STEPS trial: a phase II randomized controlled trial evaluating eHealth-supported motor-cognitive home training for Parkinson's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Electronic health (eHealth) technology offers the potential to support and motivate physical activity for symptom management in Parkinson's disease (PD). It is also recommended that motor exercise in PD be complemented with cognitive training aimed at attentional or executive functions. This paper describes the protocol for a double-blind randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of motor-cognitive training in the home environment, supported by eHealth.

Methods/design

The Support for home Training using Ehealth in Parkinsons diseaSe (STEPS) is a double-blind single center randomized controlled trial. Two parallel groups will include in total 120 participants with mild to moderate PD who will receive either (i) the intervention (a progressive 10-week indi

SUBMITTER: Leavy B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10548709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature