Status:
COMPLETED
Treadmill Training With Additional Body Load: Effects on Gait of Subjects With Parkinson´s Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Conditions:
Parkinson´s Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
51-81 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Background: Studies about the effects of walking training with additional body load in Parkinson's disease (PD) are lacking. There is evidence that the increase of body load during treadmill walking i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Idiopathic PD (previously diagnosed by one specialist physician,)
- Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) stages 2 through 3,
- Absence of dementia (Mini-Mental Status Examination - MMSE, defined according to educational level) and,
- Capacity to ambulate independently for at least 10 meters.
Exclusion
- Change medication (dopaminergic) during the study period,
- Use treadmill for at least six months prior to the study, and
- Other neurologic problems or musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory disease or uncorrected visual deficit that could represent risk and interfere in the performance of the training.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
9 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00964652
Start Date
August 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2008
Last Update
August 25 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos
São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil