NCT06957405Recruiting
Remote Mental Practice for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Effects of a Remote Mental and Physical Practice Intervention on Freezing of Gait in People With Parkinson's Disease: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Aug 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This single-blind, randomized controlled trial investigates the effects of a remotely delivered intervention based on mental practice (MP) combined with physical practice (PP) on freezing of gait (FOG) severity in people with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD). Fifty participants will be randomly assigned to either the experimental group (MP + PP) or a control group (PP + stretching). The intervention consists of 10 video-supervised sessions over 6 weeks. Primary outcomes include the Rapid Turn Test and percentage of time spent with FOG (%FOG). Secondary outcomes include the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (NFOG-Q), Movement Disorders Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39), and Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA). The study aims to demonstrate whether MP using Dynamic Neuro-Cognitive Imagery (DNI) techniques can effectively reduce FOG severity and improve motor and cognitive function in people with PD.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Apr 2025
- Start date
- 25 Jan 2025
- Primary completion date
- Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
- Diseases
- Parkinson disease
- NCT number
- NCT06957405
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 50
- From 25 Jan 2025 to the primary completion date, Aug 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Other illness
- Other neurological disorders;
- Cognitive impairment, detectable through the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA, \< 12);
Other
- Severe cardiovascular and/or respiratory alterations;
- Uncorrected visual and/or auditory alterations;
- Inability to perform motor imageryT during the administration of the Kinesthetic and Visual Imagery Questionnaire - 20 (KVIQ-20, \< 20)
Who the study is looking for
- Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic PD;
- Use of dopaminergic medication;
- Experiencing FOG (positive response to the first question of the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire - NFOG-Q);
- Able to walk independently at home;
- Access to internet and video call device;
- Agree to participate in the study.
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Sao Paulo Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Recruiting |
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