Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Attentional Focus Strategy on Dual-task Walking Training in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Lead Sponsor:
National Taiwan University Hospital
Conditions:
Parkinson Disease
Dual-task Walking
Eligibility:
All Genders
40+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Walking deficits and altered brain capacity have been proved to be two of the main contributing factors in dual-task walking deficits in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). In the past, patients w...
Detailed Description
The hypothesis will be tested by gait performance, suprapostural tasks performance, relative power spectrum of EEG, and scales including MDS-UPDRS, ABC, BBS, and TUG.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- for PD patients:
- (1) a diagnosis of idiopathic PD by a neurologist expert in movement disorders (2) onset age \> 40 years old, (3) presence of gait disorders or freezing of gait (points on 3.10 in MDS-UPDRS\>=1 or points on item 3 in NFOG-Q \>0) (4) able to walk independently without an assistance device at least for 20 meters (5) without obvious action or postural tremor, according to the score of 3.15 and 3.16 (action and postural tremor of hands) in MDS-UPDRS
- for healthy elders:
- (1) without musculoskeletal of neurological diseases which may affect balance or walking performance (2) no medication that might influence their balance or cognition (3) MMSE\> 26 points.
Exclusion
- for PD patients:
- (1) with other neurological or musculoskeletal disease that might affect balance or walking (2) have a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) \< 27 points (3) have a history of brain surgery (4) have to modulate their medication for duration of the experiment.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 6 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04364152
Start Date
August 6 2020
End Date
August 1 2023
Last Update
September 7 2023
Active Locations (1)
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School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan, 100