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Whole-body Vibration as a Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

NCT02306863 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-02-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will evaluate whether whole-body vibration applied over a 12-week period is effective in treating motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

Conditions

  • Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease
  • Primary Parkinsonism

Interventions

DEVICE

vibrating chair

vibration provided via physioacoustic method

DEVICE

sham treatment

simulated whole-body vibration

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sun Life Financial Movement Disorders Research and Rehabilitation Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Adam K Koebel, BSc · Wilfrid Laurier University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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