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Gait Training With antiGRAVIty TREadmill 'Alter-G', in Patients With ParkinSON Disease

NCT05784025 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-04-06

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Summary

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized mainly by motor symptoms, in particular rigidity, akinesia, tremor, which are associated with postural reflex deficits, impaired balance and gait deficit, with consequent significant limitation and impairment not only of functional independence but also of social and community life.

Postural instability leads to the appearance of accidental falls due: to the sudden loss of balance which is associated with the impossibility of implementing the right compensatory parachute reflexes; This can lead to serious consequences in these patients, in particular musculoskeletal trauma. In addition, progressive alterations of the gait lead to the phenomenon of freezing or freezing (FOG), in itself the cause of frequent falls. Physiotherapy in PD, including cueing techniques, treadmill training, and cognitive movement strategies, has been shown to improve balance and gait in PD patients. When we talk about subjects affected by PD. Often the painful symptomatology is an obstacle to intensive rehabilitation treatment.

The study conducted by José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo (10-2020) showed that a training program that includes relatively low workloads provided benefits in different aspects of the Freezing of Gait and greater mobility, with a lower incidence of falls and consequently of musculo-articular damaging events.

The Alter-G M320 anti-gravity treadmill allows a lifting force to be applied evenly and comfortably to the patient's body. Lightening the body up to 80% of the weight, thanks to the pressure variation inside the air envelope, Alter-G allows patients or athletes to walk and run respecting motor patterns without compromising the biomechanics of eccentric movement. Through precise air pressure control (DAP - Differential Air Pressure) allows to improve aerobic conditioning activities without increasing the risk of stress injury. In addition, compared to traditional rehabilitation in the pool, AlterG allows maximum precision in the alleviation of discharge, being able to vary the load by one percentage point at a time.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

DEVICE

AlterG

Experimental device reducing weight perception by inducing a no-gravity environment which facilitates the execution of rehabilitation programs

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roberta Cellini, Dr · IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-28
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2023-12-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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