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Bio-Feedback to Improving Stability in Elderly Population

NCT00716261 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2008-07-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Our hypothesis is that intensive training with positive biofeedback may enhance postural control and stability in Parkinson's disease patients and in elderly fallers.

Conditions

  • Parkinson's Disease Patients

Interventions

DEVICE

McROB Hybrid node 3-axes accelerometers and 3-axes gyroscopes

Training with the Audio-feedback device for about 30 minutes, 3 times per week for 6 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Jeffrey M Hausdorff, PhD · Laboratory for gait and neurodynamics, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2009-11-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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