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Visual Perturbation Training to Reduce Fall Risk in People with Parkinson's Disease

NCT05690308 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 35

Last updated 2024-09-19

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Summary

Falls during walking are common in people with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Fall risk can be attributed in part to the loss of automaticity in walking and an increased reliance on sensory cues, such as the input from the balance organ. In this project the investigators want to assess the effectiveness of rehabilitation training aiming to improve this vestibular input. The effects of a visual perturbation training in a virtual reality environment will be compared to conventional treadmill training.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Vestibular Disorder
  • Gait
  • Falling

Interventions

OTHER

Visual perturbation treadmill training

12 sessions of (max 30 minutes) walking at comfortable speed on an instrumented treadmill in a virtual reality environment (Gait Real-time Analysis Interactive Lab system, MOTEK) with projected visual perturbations.

OTHER

Regular treadmill training

12 sessions of (max 30 minutes) walking at comfortable speed on an instrumented treadmill

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Patrick Santens, Prof. · UZ Gent

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-12-20
Primary Completion
2024-03-30
Completion
2024-05-13

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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