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Feasibility and Effectiveness of Virtual Reality & Use of Body Weight Support Treadmill Training in Parkinson's Disease

NCT02516644 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2017-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The primary hypothesis of the investigators is that a virtual reality system combined with physical activity provided on a body weight support treadmill training would change clinical parameters of balance and mobility in people with Parkinson's Disease

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual Reality

12 sessions of 1 hour (30 min of virtual reality and 30 min of aerobic exercise with treadmill training): three times a week over four weeks

BEHAVIORAL

Conventional Therapy

12 sessions of 1 hour of conventional physiotherapy: three times a week over four weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital of Ferrara

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sofia Straudi, MD · Ferrara Rehabilitation Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2018-10-31
Completion
2018-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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