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Computer-Based Balance Training for People With Parkinson's Disease

NCT01162226 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 62

Last updated 2012-04-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will be carried out to determine the effectiveness of in-home computer games played by a person with Parkinson's disease for 50 minutes 3 times a week on measures of standing and walking balance.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

gait and balance training program

The intervention will be implemented via three 50-minute training sessions per week for 12 weeks. The games will be played when the subject is receiving the maximum benefit from their anti-parkinsonian medications. The control group and the intervention group will receive weekly telephone calls to inquire about medications and falls. At baseline and end of the 12 weeks, in-home testing will determine stride length and speed; standing balance eyes open and closed on flat and foam surface.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Glenna A Dowling, PhD · University of Ca San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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