Status:

UNKNOWN

Gait Pattern and Experienced Global Change After Shunt Surgery in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Lead Sponsor:

Linkoeping University

Conditions:

Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

Part 1 Patients with idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) have variable disabilities regarding gait, balance, cognition and continence. Analysis of the gait pattern in iNPH has an important...

Detailed Description

Consecutive patients with iNPH, which are planed for shunt surgery at the neurological and neurosurgical departments of University Hospital of Linköping, are included. Before operation and 3 months po...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria for patients:
  • iNPH-diagnosis according to the international guidelines (2005)
  • Planed for shunt surgery
  • Exclusion criteria for patients:
  • Cognitive impairment that makes it impossible to participate
  • Not able to walk 20 meters without walking aids (part 1)
  • Inclusion criteria for healthy individuals:
  • \> 60 years of age
  • Subjectively healthy without any serious disease
  • Exclusion criteria healthy individuals:
  • Visible gait- or balance disturbance
  • Dementia diagnosis

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 11 2021

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 31 2024

    Estimated Enrollment :

    102 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04795089

    Start Date

    March 11 2021

    End Date

    July 31 2024

    Last Update

    March 14 2023

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    Neurology department, Linköping University Hospital

    Linköping, Sweden