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

10,000 STEP CLUB: Community Walking Program to Decrease Sedentary Behavior, Fear of Falling Avoidance Behavior, Loneliness, and Social Isolation in Parkinson's Disease

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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.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: - 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 Who Should NOT Join This Trial: - 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). Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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).

Treatments Being Tested

BEHAVIORAL

Community walking program using Nordic walking poles

This is a group, community walking program at local parks using Nordic walking poles. Participants will be encouraged to walk briskly but safely for 60 minutes one time per week with the ultimate goal of using this community walking program to build up their step count to 10,000 steps per day. We do not anticipate that the weekly walk will get them to 10,000 steps but we will use that as a weekly event to drive behavioral change throughout the week.

Locations (1)

Gait and Balance Laboratory, 217 Bigelow Health Sciences Building, UNLV
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States