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Weight in Lower Limbs Improves Gait Ataxia of in Machado-Joseph Disease Patients

NCT02906046 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-09-19

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Summary

Few studies evaluated the efficacy of adding weights on the lower limbs in patients with ataxic disorders. There is no current evidence on which would be the most appropriate weight for use in this context. To assess progress and benefits of using this load, gait of symptomatic carriers of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado Joseph disease the objective of the study is to evaluate the gait with and without different load weights on lower limbs. Outcomes were the Scale for the Assessment and Ataxia Rating of (SARA), kinematic gait assessment by the accelerometer and gyroscope and the Patient Global Impression (PGI) about which weight they prefer for walking.

Conditions

  • Machado-Joseph Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Weight in Lower Limbs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2014-02-28
Completion
2014-07-31

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