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Effect of Haptic Cueing on Long-Range Autocorrelations in Parkinson's Disease Gait Variability

Belgium10 participantsStarted 2020-01-01

Plain-language 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 the temporal organization of stride duration variability (reduced Long-Range Autocorrelations (LRA)). For years, auditory cueing has been used to modulate PD gait and its effect on LRA is known. Less is known regarding the effects of haptic cueing on PD gait and especially on LRA. This pilot study will compare the spatio-temporal gait parameters and LRA of PD patients tested under three conditions: walking without cueing, walking with auditory cueing and walking with haptic cueing by means of rhythmic vibrations on the patients' wrists.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Idiopathic PD according to the UK Brain Bank Criteria * modified Hoehn \& Yahr scale \<= 3 * Mini-Mental State Examination \> 24/30 * Ability to walk 256 consecutive strides Exclusion Criteria: * Other pathology interacting with gait * Significant hearing problems not allowing to hear the auditory cueing * Significant somatosensory problems not allowing to feel the haptic cueing on the skin

What they're measuring

Long-Range Autocorrelations

Timeframe: Change from baseline in long-range autocorrelations during each intervention condition (3 x 10 min walking)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05790759

SponsorCliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2020-03-15

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