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Gait Training With Executive Functions Tasks in Subjects With Parkinson´s Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial

NCT01650623 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2012-11-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare two physical therapy training consisting of gait training that are distinguished by one being associated with tasks that require handling of the main executive functions, performed by individuals with Parkinson's Disease.

The investigators hypothesis is that the experimental group (EG), which hold gait training with higher cognitive demands (dual-task condition), will make improvements in the parameters measured (functionality of gait and cognitive ability) to a greater extent compared to the control group (CG), which hold gait training without executive tasks (single-task condition).

Conditions

  • Parkinson´s Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Gait training executive functions tasks

The training will consist of 10 sessions, two times per week for five weeks, and consists of 30 minutes of global exercises that involves stretching, muscle strengthen and axial mobility exercises, and another 30 minutes of gait training in a dual-task condition associated with distracting tasks that require handling of the main executive functions: volition, self-awareness, planning, response inhibition, response monitoring and attention.

BEHAVIORAL

Gait training alone

The training will consist of 10 sessions, two times per week for five weeks, and consists of 30 minutes of global exercises that involves stretching, muscle strengthen and axial mobility exercises, and another 30 minutes of gait training alone, without other tasks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Elisa P Piemonte, PhD · University of Sao Paulo

  • Cynthia B Ferrari, PhD Student · University of Sao Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-05-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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