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Laser Light Visual Cueing for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

NCT01502995 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2012-01-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a laser light beam, attached to a rolling walker and projected onto the floor, reduces freezing episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Laser light (U-Step Walking Stabilizer with laser light)

Use of a laser light on a rolling walker during episodes of freezing of gait.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Philadelphia

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Lisette Bunting-Perry, PhD, RN · Philadelphia VAMC PADRECC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-06-30
Primary Completion
2005-04-30
Completion
2005-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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