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Gait Control in Parkinson Disease

NCT05908279 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2023-06-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Previous work has shown that a statistical property of gait characterised by long-range autocorrelation functions is altered in Parkinson disease (PD). On the other hand it has been suggested that the same property is linked to the ability in healthy humans to co-regulate the amplitude and cadence of strides towards maintaining a constant speed. Here the investigators want to better understand why it is altered in PD by measuring the transitions between gait instructed by a metronome, and gait without metronome. The experimental conditions will allow the comparisons between these transitions across PD and healthy groups of volunteers, and assess differences based on statistical and computational modelling. The link with potential freezing episodes will also be studied to assess whether the statistical determinants of gait control in this population can be used as a proxy or predictor of the occurence of freezing episodes.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Walking test

Walk with and without a metronome

OTHER

Disease assessement

Disease stage assessed by a doctor

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université Catholique de Louvain

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Frederic Crevecoeur · Université Catholique de Louvain

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
99 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-01
Primary Completion
2027-10-31
Completion
2027-10-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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