Post-Physical Therapy Extension of In-Home Dynamic Standing Table Use in Parkinson Disease

Study Summary

When postural imbalance and gait difficulties emerge in subjects with Parkinson disease, patients are typically referred for a number of physical therapy sessions. However, there is a critical gap in clinical practice on what to do once patients have completed their therapy sessions. To fill this gap, the study team has developed a standing table with a tabletop system that encourages weight shifting during upright standing ("dynamic standing table"), and therefore may be a unique means to increase daily physical activity by integrating the system with routine desktop activities of daily living. The purpose of this study is to determine whether a post-physical therapy in-home physical activity program using the dynamic standing table (as an adjunct to post-physical therapy standard of care-weekly physical activity group sessions) is effective in sustaining the mobility benefits of physical therapy in individuals with Parkinson disease.

Primary Outcome

Instrumented Timed Up and Go, Subject starts in seated position rises from chair and walks 3 meters, then returns to chair in a seated position

Interventions

• DEVICE Dynamic Standing Table