Status:
SUSPENDED
Examining the Effect of Piano Playing Training on Fine Motor Skills in Parkinson's Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Tel Aviv University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Sheba Medical Center
Conditions:
Parkinson Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Piano playing may provide an engaging and accessible setting for finger and wrist movement training. Moreover, it has been found effective for improving manual dexterity and upper-limb function in oth...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease patients
- Hoehn and Yahr stages I to III
- Self-reports of some dexterity difficulties
Exclusion
- Participation in an ongoing clinical study or clinical study within 30 days prior to this study
- Atypical parkinsonian syndrome or secondary parkinsonism (e.g., due to drugs, metabolic neurogenetic disorders, encephalitis, cerebrovascular disease, or other degenerative disease), or other neurologic conditions influencing upper limb movement
- Significant psychiatric symptoms or history
- Significant or recent experience in piano playing (participants who are proficient piano players, or had studied piano for more than 3 years in the past, or for shorter periods in the last 5 years)
- Other significant fine motor skills (e.g., high proficiency in playing another musical instrument, video games, etc.)
- Mini Mental status examination (MMSE) score below 25
- Significant sensory deficits, e.g., hearing or sight impairment
- Unstable medical disorder
- Significant postural or action tremor, moderate dyskinesia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 22 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
3 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06120192
Start Date
August 22 2022
End Date
December 31 2024
Last Update
November 7 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel, 6997801