Studies how people with Parkinson's judge obstacles while walking
Compares how people with Parkinson's and healthy adults perceive and cross walking obstacles.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Perception of Affordances and Obstacle Crossing in People With Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Adults
Key facts
- Where
- Haifa, IsraelSee 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 20 and 80 years old?
Source: NCT06932679, who can take part
Where in Israel
- University of Haifa, Motor Performance LaboratoryHaifa, IsraelTaking 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
- University of Haifa
- Trial code
- NCT06932679
- Record updated
- 22 July 2025
- Original description
This study aims to explore how young adults, older adults and people with Parkinson's disease (PwP), perceive their abilty to cross obstacles while walking, and how this perception is related to their actual performance of obstacle crossing and disease-related motor and cognitive impairments. The study will explore this percepeption and the actual performance in different walking environments(floor, synthetic grass turf). Understanding how people perceive obstacles may help improve rehabilitation methods and reduce the risk of falls. The study will take place at the Motor Performance Laboratory, University of Haifa, and will include walking tasks, eye-tracking measurements, and motor and cognitive assessments.Read full original descriptionShow less
Affordances and Impairments: A Paradigm for Understanding Obstacle Crossing in Parkinson's Disease
This study aims to explore how young adults, older adults and people with Parkinson's disease (PwP), perceive their abilty to cross obstacles while walking, and how this perception is related to their actual performance of obstacle crossing and disease-related motor and cognitive impairments. The study will explore this percepeption and the actual performance in different walking environments(floor, synthetic grass turf). Understanding how people perceive obstacles may help improve rehabilitation methods and reduce the risk of falls. The study will take place at the Motor Performance Laboratory, University of Haifa, and will include walking tasks, eye-tracking measurements, and motor and cognitive assessments.
Inclusion: Participants aged 20 to 80 years; Ability to walk independently outdoors without assistive devices; For Parkinson's Disease (PD) group: Diagnosis of PD confirmed by medical records; For healthy control groups: No neurological or orthopedic conditions affecting gait.
Exclusion: Severe visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses or lenses; Cognitive impairment, defined as a score below 18 on the telephone-based Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Any orthopedic condition, pain, or other medical condition that may affect walking, based on self-report; Feezing of gait (for PD group only), based on a score greater than 0 on the Freezing of Gait Questionnaire.