Status:

COMPLETED

Robotic Assessments of Hand Function in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Collaborating Sponsors:

Clinica Hildebrand Brissago

Neurocentro - Istituto di Neuroscienze Cliniche della Svizzera Italiana

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

35-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

It has been shown that patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have impaired kinaesthesia and haptic perception of the upper limbs. In PD patients, these impairments might be involved in the developmen...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ten patients with Parkinson's disease and 10 age-matched control subjects will be recruited.
  • Patients with Parkinson's disease: inclusion criteria
  • Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease according to UK Parkinson's disease society brain bank clinical diagnostic criteria
  • Age between 35 and 80 years
  • Hoehn and Yahr stage of I, II or III during the ON state
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ≥ 26
  • No tremor, i.e.:
  • Postural tremor for the hand: MDS-UPDRS 3.15 \< 1
  • Kinetic tremor of the hands: MDS-UPDRS 3.16 ≤ 1
  • Rest tremor amplitude for the extremities: MDS-UPDRS 3.17 \< 1
  • Constancy of rest tremor: MDS-UPDRS 3.18 \< 1
  • The subject read, understood and signed the informed consent
  • Patients with Parkinson's disease: exclusion criteria
  • Polyneuropathy registered in the anamnesis or peripheral sensory-motor impairments detected in a neurological clinical examination
  • Mild to severe dyskinesia of the upper limbs: point 5 of the Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) \> 1
  • Orthopedic pathologies of the upper limbs or other pathologies possibly interfering with the study
  • Pacemaker, deep-brain-stimulator or other active implanted devices
  • Control subjects: inclusion criteria
  • Age between 35 and 80 years
  • Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ≥ 26
  • The subject read, understood and signed the informed consent
  • Control subjects: exclusion criteria
  • Any history of neurological, orthopaedic or rheumatologic disease affecting the upper limbs or other pathologies possibly interfering with the study
  • Pacemaker or other active implanted devices

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    March 14 2022

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    September 12 2023

    Estimated Enrollment :

    20 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT05245955

    Start Date

    March 14 2022

    End Date

    September 12 2023

    Last Update

    September 13 2023

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    Clinica Hildebrand, Centro di Rehabilitazione Brissago

    Brissago, Switzerland, 6614