Status:
COMPLETED
Facial Expression Recognition of Emotion and Categorization of Emotional Words in Parkinson's Disease. Impact of L-Dopa and Deep Brain Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Conditions:
Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Parkinson'disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by bradykinesia, rigidity, rest tremor and postural instability. Dopaminergic therapy such as L-Dopa and dopamine agonists usually leads...
Detailed Description
40 patients with an Idiopathic Parkinson's disease divided in two groups : * 20 patients evaluated before surgery and 6 month after surgery * 20 patients only evaluated after surgery. 40 paired he...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age : 30-75 years
- Patient with an idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to the criteria of the "Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank" (Hughes et al., 1992)
- Patient treated with a deep brain stimulation according to the French consensus conference of treatment of Parkinson's disease (Consensus Conference Proceeding, 2000)
- Effect of the stimulation 50%
- Affiliation to social security
- Agreement of patients
Exclusion
- Patients suffering of an atypical Parkinson syndrome
- Patients with severe tremor before surgery
- Patients with a vision contrast altered.
- Patients who do not understand the words associated with an emotion
- Pregnant women
- Person who participate to an other study
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00664157
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
October 1 2009
Last Update
January 19 2011
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CHU
Clermont-Ferrand, France, 63003