MedTrace Logo

Biofeedback to Ameliorate Freezing of Gait

NCT01259635 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2010-12-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The freezing burden will be quantified in subjects with Parkinson's Disease (PD)before and after 6 weeks of training. Two types of interventions (20 subjects in each group) will be tested: 1) Open-loop group (OLG); 2) Closed-loop group (CLG). Each session of the OLG training includes walking courses aimed at provoking freezing episodes. The experimenter will trigger an auditory rhythmic stimulation (RAS) in walking conditions likely to invoke freezing (e.g., turning) and the subject will learn to synchronize his/her gait with the auditory cues, i.e., to keep the walking pace and coordination and, as a result, to avoid freezing. Similar principles will apply for the CLG training; however, the RAS will be elicited automatically by a device that recognizes an approaching freezing episode.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Biofeedback auditory stimulation

Whenever freezing episodes occures, a metronom sound will be heard.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Nir Giladi, MD · Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Study Design

Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Entities

Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT01259635 on ClinicalTrials.gov