Walking Control Study in People With Parkinson Disease
Observes how people with Parkinson disease change their walking pace with and without a metronome.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Gait Control in Parkinson Disease
Key facts
- Where
- Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 99 years old?
Source: NCT05908279, who can take part
Where in Belgium
- Université catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Trial code
- NCT05908279
- Record updated
- 18 June 2023
- Original description
Previous work has shown that a statistical property of gait characterised by long-range autocorrelation functions is altered in Parkinson disease (PD). On the other hand it has been suggested that the same property is linked to the ability in healthy humans to co-regulate the amplitude and cadence of strides towards maintaining a constant speed. Here the investigators want to better understand why it is altered in PD by measuring the transitions between gait instructed by a metronome, and gait without metronome. The experimental conditions will allow the comparisons between these transitions across PD and healthy groups of volunteers, and assess differences based on statistical and computational modelling. The link with potential freezing episodes will also be studied to assess whether the statistical determinants of gait control in this population can be used as a proxy or predictor of the occurence of freezing episodes.Read full original descriptionShow less
Flexible Control of Gait in Parkinson Disease: Effect of Task Instruction on the Exploitation of Redundancy in Speed Control.
Previous work has shown that a statistical property of gait characterised by long-range autocorrelation functions is altered in Parkinson disease (PD). On the other hand it has been suggested that the same property is linked to the ability in healthy humans to co-regulate the amplitude and cadence of strides towards maintaining a constant speed. Here the investigators want to better understand why it is altered in PD by measuring the transitions between gait instructed by a metronome, and gait without metronome. The experimental conditions will allow the comparisons between these transitions across PD and healthy groups of volunteers, and assess differences based on statistical and computational modelling. The link with potential freezing episodes will also be studied to assess whether the statistical determinants of gait control in this population can be used as a proxy or predictor of the occurence of freezing episodes.
Inclusion: Patients and volunteers able to walk for 20mins and without other neurological disorders.
Exclusion: Patients or volunteers unable to walk for 20mins and with other neurological disorders.