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Administrative data

NCT number NCT00964652
Other study ID # 234/2007
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received August 24, 2009
Last updated August 24, 2009
Start date August 2007
Est. completion date December 2008

Study information

Verified date August 2009
Source Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority Brazil: Ethics Committee
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Background: Studies about the effects of walking training with additional body load in Parkinson's disease (PD) are lacking. There is evidence that the increase of body load during treadmill walking improves reflex activity and leg extensor muscle activity, which are impaired in subjects with PD.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of treadmill walking training with additional body load on the ground reaction forces, spatiotemporal, and kinematic variables of the gait of subjects with moderate PD.

Design: This study was an A1-B-A2 single-case. Setting: The evaluation and the training were conducted in a movement analysis laboratory, and at the rehabilitation unit of the University, respectively.

Participants: Nine patients with PD (Hoehn and Yahr 2 through 3) and gait disturbances.

Interventions: Phases A1 and A2 included 6 weeks of gait training on a treadmill with 10% increase of normal body mass. Phase B included 6 weeks of conventional physical therapy.

Measurements: Measures included the ground reaction forces, spatiotemporal, and kinematic variables during overground walking, at baseline and after each phase.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 9
Est. completion date December 2008
Est. primary completion date December 2008
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender Both
Age group 51 Years to 81 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- Idiopathic PD (previously diagnosed by one specialist physician,)

- Hoehn and Yahr (H-Y) stages 2 through 3,

- Absence of dementia (Mini-Mental Status Examination - MMSE, defined according to educational level) and,

- Capacity to ambulate independently for at least 10 meters.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Change medication (dopaminergic) during the study period,

- Use treadmill for at least six months prior to the study, and

- Other neurologic problems or musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and respiratory disease or uncorrected visual deficit that could represent risk and interfere in the performance of the training.

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Treadmill walking training with additional body load
The training program was divided into three phases (A1-B-A2): treadmill training with additional body load (A1), control condition (conventional physical therapy) (B). and treadmill training with additional body load again (A2). Each phase lasted six weeks, totaling 18 weeks. Both evaluations and training were performed during on-phase of the medication cycle.

Locations

Country Name City State
Brazil Universidade Federal de São Carlos São Carlos SP

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Significant increase in propulsive forces, stride length, speed, maximum hip extension during stance were observed after the training program. 4 times, once before treatment, and 3 after each treatment phase. No
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