Status:

COMPLETED

Walking and Thinking - Brain Activity During Complex Walking in Aging and Parkinson's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Karolinska Institutet

Collaborating Sponsors:

Karolinska University Hospital

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Gait Disorders, Neurologic

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

Every-day life means being part of a complex environment and performing complex tasks that usually involve a combination of motor and cognitive skills. However, the process of aging or the sequelae of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy young:
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • 18 to 50 years
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Disease or condition that affects cognition, gait or balance.
  • Severe hearing or visual impairments that affects participation in the assessments
  • Healthy elderly:
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • ≥60 years of age,
  • 23 or more on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Disease or condition that affects gait or balance.
  • Severe hearing or visual impairments that affects participation in the assessments
  • Parkinson cohort:
  • Inclusion criteria:
  • ≥60 years of age
  • a clinical diagnosis of PD≤6 months prior to enrollment
  • with the ability to walk without a mobility device for ≤5 minutes continuously.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • People with speech difficulties (e.g. aphasia)
  • cognitive difficulties affecting the ability to understand and/or follow verbal/written - instructions
  • severe freezing of gait
  • Severe hearing or visual impairments that affects participation in the assessments
  • Other neurological diseases
  • Other disease that can affect gait or balance.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    January 21 2022

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    June 28 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    133 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05218213

    Start Date

    January 21 2022

    End Date

    June 28 2023

    Last Update

    October 24 2024

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    Karolinska institutet

    Stockholm, Solna, Sweden, 17177