Status:
UNKNOWN
Biofeedback-based Motor Learning to Ameliorate Freezing of Gait
Lead Sponsor:
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Conditions:
Gait
Parkinson Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-85 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Objective/Rationale: The investigators objective is to demonstrate that an intervention program based on motor learning principles can be applied to train subjects with Parkinson's disease (PD) who s...
Detailed Description
Overview: This will be a randomized trial to demonstrate the effects of 6-weeks of training with open-loop or triggered, closed-loop cueing. PD+ FOG patients will be studied before and after 6 weeks o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 1) Have a diagnosis of PD 2) Suffer from the FOG symptom. Subjects must score 2 or more on item #3 of the subjective FOG questionnaire (FOG-Q)and exhibit two or more FOG episodes during a short, functional FOG evaluation procedure that includes FOG-provoking conditions (e.g., turns, doorways) and 5 laps of walking in a figure 8 shaped trajectory 3) Free of serious co-morbidities or acute illness that would make training inappropriate.
Exclusion
- 1\) Unable to walk unassisted for at least 5 minutes with ample rest. 2)Brain surgery.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01223781
Start Date
January 1 2011
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
October 19 2010
Active Locations (1)
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Laboratory for Gait and Neurodynamics, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239