NCT05073874Completed
Attentional Focus and Prefrontal Cortical Activation in Older Adults and Patients With Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Effects of Different Attentional Focus During Walking on Prefrontal Cortical Activation in Older Adults and Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 2 Aug 2024
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Attention may influence the motor performance and frontal activity. This study will examine the effect of different attentional focus: internal, external and divided attention (dual task) on prefrontal cortical activation (fNIRS) and on gait performance. Thirty older adults and thirty PD will participate in this study.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 45 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Sept 2021
- Start date
- 8 Dec 2021
- Primary completion date
- 2 May 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT05073874
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 45
- From 8 Dec 2021 to the primary completion date, 2 May 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- For 2 groups :
- Assisted walker
- Neurological (other than those resulting from Parkinson's disease), cardiologic, rheumatologic disorders
- Disorders affecting gait.
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) \< 24.
- Concomitant medication likely to interfere with the results.
Other
- Group Parkinson:
- freezing
- Hoehn et Yahr \> III
Who the study is looking for
- For 2 groups :
- Man or woman 60-85 years old
- Informed consent obtained
- Group Parkinson : clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's Disease, according to the UK Brain Bank criteria.
Age in the registry: 60 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHR Orléans Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Orléans | France | Unknown status |
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