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Autocorrelated Rhythmic Auditory Stimulations for Parkinson's Disease Patients

NCT03716674 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2018-10-23

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Summary

Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients suffer from gait impairments responsible for falls and bad quality of life: reduced speed and stride length, randomness in stride duration variability (reduced Long-Range Autocorrelations (LRA)). Authors showed beneficial effects of isochronic Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) on stride length and speed but a deleterious effect on LRA. The aim of this prospective cohort study was to compare between 3 different RAS (isochronic, random and autocorrelated) on 9 PD patients' gait parameters and stride duration variability. Although the autocorrelated RAS (AC) does not improve the LRA present in the stride duration variability, the AC does, however, maintain an acceptable level of LRA for PD patients' gait stability. The autocorrelated RAS would therefore possibly be the best way to apply auditory cueing to PD patients but this must be confirmed by future longitudinal studies.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

Metronome

Patients completed 4 walking sessions of at least 10 minutes each. During each session, no auditory rhythm was given, or the rhythm of a Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation (RAS) adapted to the pace of comfort of each patient using a metronome was broadcasted via headphones. In all, 4 conditions were tested: walk with no RAS or an isochronous RAS or a random RAS or a RAS with an autocorrelated metronome rhythm.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-02
Primary Completion
2015-02-19
Completion
2015-02-19

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