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Cognitive-motor Training for PD

NCT01917903 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2022-01-18

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Summary

This study will evaluate gait when individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) are walking and how walking changes when challenged to perform a functional cognitive task simultaneously. By looking at walking alone and walking with varying cognitive loads the investigators will be able to determine motor and cognitive factors vulnerable to interference in PD. Each is important to understand so that training can address components of walking that become impaired when someone is distracted by a common cognitive task and so that the intensity of treatment matches the level of task difficulty. Using this initial data, the investigators will establish a protocol to improve walking taking into account the unique features of PD, including bradykinesia, freezing of gait, stiffness, and problems with memory and attention. The investigators will evaluate the potential for this treatment to improve walking and improve or maintain cognitive abilities necessary to multitask.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Gait-cognitive training

Participants will engage in a four week treadmill training program with a secondary cognitive component aimed at improving both walking and multitasking.

BEHAVIORAL

Identification of at risk variables

Participants will complete walking under three conditions: walking alone for six minutes; standing from a chair, walking 3 meters, turning, and returning to a seated position (TUG); and standing from a chair, walking 3 meters turning and returning to a seated postion while subtracting numbers (TUG Cognitive). Spatiotemporal measures of gait will be collected.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa M Muratori · Stony Brook University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-26
Primary Completion
2021-12-17
Completion
2022-12-15

Countries

  • United States

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