BeatPark: Self-rehabilitation in Walking With Parkinson's Disease

Summary

Physical activity has beneficial effects on the quality of walking for persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). However, regular physical activity is still limited in most patients' daily lives.

The rhythm of music makes you want to move whether you are sick or not. In addition, it has been found that in people with PD, it can also improve walking by helping the participant to regain the regularity of alternating steps and a better walking dynamic (i.e. better position, better arm swinging, etc.). Studies have shown that music allows persons with PD to walk faster, with bigger steps.

However, if the tempo of the music does not correspond to the participant's walking pace, instead of helping him, it can disturb him. So it seems necessary for music to help people with PD to walk better if the tempo of the music is set to match their steps.

BeatPark is a smartphone application which makes it possible to synchronize the tempo of the music with the participant's walking rhythm detected thanks to feet insoles. Once synchronized to the participant's walking pace, BeatPark imperceptibly accelerates the tempo of the music to help the participant's acceleration.

This clinical trial proposes to study the effects of walking rehabilitation depending on the use of music synchronized to the participant's step with BeatPark, music with random tempo or without music.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease
• Walking, Difficulty

Interventions

DEVICE

BeatPark Application

The participant walks for 30 minutes a day, 5 day a week for 4 weeks. During the walking session, BeatPark Application delivers synchronized music adapted to the patient walking. The application allows participants to know the progress of their session through graphical representation and voice messages, informs them at the end of the session of their performance and congratulate them for their efforts.

OTHER

BeatPark Application without synchronized music

The participant walks for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. During the walking session, BeatPark Application delivers random music at random tempo. The application allows participants to know the progress of their session through graphical representation and voice messages, informs them at the end of the session of their performance and congratulate them for their efforts.

OTHER

BeatPark Application without music

The participant walks for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 4 weeks. During the walking session, BeatPark Application does not deliver music. The application allows participants to know the progress of their session through graphical representation and voice messages, informs them at the end of the session of their performance and congratulate them for their efforts.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Team Languedoc Mutualité / Nouvelles technologies

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University Hospital, Montpellier

  collaborator OTHER

• Euromov, Montpellier Univeristy

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Université de Montréal

  collaborator OTHER

• AxLR SATT

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Clinique Beau Soleil

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Valérie Cohen, M.D. · Clinique Beau Soleil

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

36 Years

Max Age

94 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-01

Primary Completion

2024-08-31

Completion

2024-12-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations