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

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Laboratory for Gait and Neurodynamics, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239