Model-based Cueing-as-needed for Walking in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

— GAITPARK  

Official title:

Model-based Cueing-as-needed for Walking in Parkinson's Disease

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06073028
• Other study ID #: GAITPARK
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: Henri Mondor University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Correcting of the lack of regularity in steps is a key component of gait rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease. The proposal is to introduce adaptive spatial auditory cueing (ASAC) based on verbal instruction "lengthen the step" automatically delivered when the stride length decreased below a predetermined threshold. The present study compared the effect of usual rhythmic auditory cueing versus ASAC used during a walking training in Parkinson's disease.

Description:

Correcting of the lack of regularity in steps is a key component of gait rehabilitation in Parkinson's disease. The proposal is to introduce adaptive spatial auditory cueing (ASAC) based on verbal instruction "lengthen the step" automatically delivered when the stride length decreased below a predetermined threshold. The present study compared the effect of usual rhythmic auditory cueing versus ASAC used during a walking training in Parkinson's disease. Fifteen patients with Parkinson's disease performed both interventions in randomized order, one week apart: a 20-minute walking training with rhythmic auditory cueing, in form of a metronome adjusted on 110% of the patient's own cadence, or ASAC delivered when the stride length is less than 110% of the patient's own stride length. Assessment criteria were walking distance covered during the intervention, speed, step length, cadence, coefficients of variation of step length and step duration, and indexes of spatial and temporal asymmetry during a walking test before and just after the intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 15
• Est. completion date: February 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: February 2, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• the diagnosis of idiopathic PD based on the United Kingdom-Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank criteria;

• stage 2 or 3 on the Hoehn and Yahr scale;

• comfortable walking speed over 10 meters = 1 m/s;

• ability to walk over 20 minutes without aids or antiparkinsonian medications;

• a stable antiparkinsonian medication regime;

• cognitive abilities to understand the verbal instructions for a walking test according to the investigator's judgment;

• written consent for the participation.

Exclusion Criteria:

• intercurrent disease other than PD, affecting gait;

• any intercurrent medical condition preventing them from participating in two consecutive gait training one week apart;

• medical diagnosis of hearing loss;

• non-affiliation to the social security regime.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gait Disorders, Neurologic
• Gait, Festinating
• Mobility Limitation
• Parkinson Disease
• Walking, Difficulty

Intervention

Other:
• 20-minute gait training
All subjects undergo two 20-minute gait trainings using two different kinds of auditory cueing (temporal or spatial), one week apart (D1 and D8).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Laboratoire Analyse et Restauration du Mouvement	Créteil

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Henri Mondor University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Walking speed	Speed in free walking condition over 10 meters barefoot, without any assistance	Before and just after the intervention