This study is designed to measure the change in patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) before, during and after a 12 week exercise program.The focus of this study is the glymphatic system. The glymphatic system is a recentlydiscovered novel waste clearance pathway, in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD).The glymphatic system acts as a waste-clearance system in the brain of vertebrate animals.The glymphatic system has been proposed in which new clearance pathways involving communication between paravascular spaces, interstitial fluid, and ultimately meningeal and dural lymphatic vessels exists, and we have provided evidence that this system may be dysfunctional in patients with Parkinson's disease with cognitive disorders. Early research suggest glymphatic function increases following exercise, this response is believed to clear beta-amyloid in the brain and may mediate the neurobehavioral response to exercise in PD. This study will use cognitive exams, neurological exams as well as specialized imaging to record data points and evaluate the glymphatic function after exercise.
Age range
55 Years – 80 Years
Sex
ALL
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Change in Beta-Amyloid Levels
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Change in Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) Scores
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Change in Movement Disorder Society--Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Part III (MDS-UPDRS)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Mini-Balence Evaluation Systems Test (BESTest)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FOG-Q)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Trail Making Test A&B (TMT)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Letter Fluency (FAS)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Simon Task
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Patient Recorded Outcomes Measurement Information System-Sleep Disturbance (PROMIS-Sleep)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks
Stroop Interference Task
Timeframe: baseline to 12 weeks