Dancing away Huntington's: study tests if movement improves mind and body
NCT ID NCT01842919
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether taking weekly dance classes for 8 months can help people with Huntington's disease and their caregivers. Researchers measured movement control, emotion, quality of life, and brain changes using tests and MRI scans. The goal was to see if dance training improves both how patients move and how they perceive others' movements.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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53 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2013
- Finished
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Jul 2016
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Huntington patient * Patients with Huntington's disease (documented by a genetic test.) * Ability and intention to follow the dance workshop of the association Micadanse once a week for 8 months (Total Functional Capacity score (TFC) \> 10). * Have an assisting person who also lends him/herself to the protocol. * Showing no indications against to the achievement of MRI. Assisting person: * No history of neurological or psychiatric disorders. * Showing no indications against to the achievement of MRI. Exclusion Criteria: * Have already taken dance lessons. * Neurological or psychiatric history. * Inability to achieve MRI * History of significant head injury
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut du cerveau et de la moelle épinière (ICM), CHU Pitié Salpêtrière
Paris, 75013, France
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