Status:
UNKNOWN
Quantitative Assessment of Training Effects Using EKSOGT Exoskeleton in Quantitative Assessment of Training Effects Using EKSOGT Exoskeleton in Parkinson Disease Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Padova
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fresco Parkinson Center Villa Margherita, Vicenza, Italy
Fresco Institute for Parkinson's & Movement Disorders, NYU Langone
Conditions:
Parkinson Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-90 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The ability to walk independently is a primary goal when rehabilitating an individual with Parkinson Disease (PD). Indeed, PD patients display a flexed posture that coupled with an excessive joint sti...
Detailed Description
Full Title: QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING EFFECTS USING A WEARABLE EXOSKELETON IN PARKINSON DISEASE PATIENTS RESEARCH PLAN Specific Aims The ability to walk independently is a primary goal wh...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient with rigid-acinetic bilateral PD form
- Hoehn-Yahr between 3-4
- At least 4 years of disease history
- Stable drug therapy response without any change performed in the 3 months before the study
- Presence of freezing (FOG) and of postural instability not responding to parkinsonian therapy
- Mini Mental State Evaluation \> 24/30
Exclusion
- Systemic illness
- Presence of cardiac pacemaker
- Postural abnormalities, orthopedic comorbidities that do not match the active physiotherapy treatment
- Presence of deep brain stimulation
- Presence of severe disautonomia with marked hypotension
- Obsessive-Compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Major depression
- Dementia and psychosis
- History or active neoplasia
- Pregnancy
- Other criteria that do not respect the device counterindications
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 12 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04778852
Start Date
June 12 2020
End Date
December 31 2023
Last Update
May 10 2023
Active Locations (2)
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1
University of Padova
Padua, Italy, 35128
2
Fresco Parkinson Center, Villa Margherita
Vicenza, Italy, 36057