A clinical study on gait in Parkinson's disease using a dual task

JRCT ID: jRCT1030210571

Registered date:21/01/2022

Basic Information

• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied: Parkinson's disease
• Date of first enrollment: 21/01/2022
• Target sample size: 60
• Study type: Interventional
• Intervention(s): We will ask the participants to walk a straight line of about 20 meters one way and about 40 meters round trip, and measure their movements at the beginning, during walking, turning, and at the end of walking using optical sensors linked to video and devices (accelerometers) attached to their arms, legs, posterior neck, and waist. Then, the participants will be asked to perform a cognitive task (calculation) while walking (movement task) (dual task), and the changes in gait and the percentage of correct answers to the task will be observed.

Outcome(s)

Primary Outcome

Relationship between clinical symptoms and changes in gait parameters during normal walking and walking under dual task in Parkinson's disease patients.
Differences in changes of gait parameters between patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy subjects during normal walking and walking under dual task.

• Secondary Outcome: Relationship between gait parameters and clinical symptoms during normal walking

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

• Age minimum: >= 20age old
• Age maximum: Not applicable
• Gender: Both

Include criteria

Parkinson's disease patients who are 20 years of age or older and can walk independently without a walking aid.
Healthy individuals with no history of central nervous system disease, 20 years of age or older, who are able to walk independently without a walking aid.

Exclude criteria

Comorbidities other than Parkinson's disease that significantly affect gait.
History of spine or lower limb surgery.
Parkinson's disease treated with device aided therapy.
Severe cognitive impairment.

Related Information

• Primary Sponsor: Seki Morinobu