Targeted Motor Learning to Improve Gait for Individuals With Parkinson Disease
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Parkinson Disease
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 50 – 80
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 45 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · Other
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About This Trial
The purpose of this research study is to determine how training to step with a metronome on both a treadmill, as well as overground, will influence the way that people with Parkinson disease walk. Using metronomes is commonly used in clinics, but the investigators will be using a combination of slow and fast frequencies to alter the way that people walk. The use of a slower frequency metronome on …
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* idiopathic Parkinson's disease (Hoehn and Yahr Stage 2-3)
* self-report the ability to walk uninterrupted for 10 minutes both overground and on a treadmill without therapist assistance
* comfortable gait speed \> 0.4 m/s and \< 1.2 m/s
* normal (or corrected to normal \[i.e., …
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