Understanding How Movements Are Transferred From Task to Task in Parkinson's Disease
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder)
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 50 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 24 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- McGill University · Other
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About This Trial
The purpose of this study is to understand how a specific brain area, the Posterior Parietal Cortex (PPC), plays a role in movement transfer from walking on a split-belt treadmill (SBT) to walking on the ground in people with Parkinson's disease (PwPD).
Here, investigators will apply repeated transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to upregulate the PPC. Then, the differences in the gait paramet…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* a confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease
* absence of freezing of gait confirmed by a "No" answer to the second item of the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (NFOGQ) and no observation of FOG during a freezing provoking test
* no other neurological diagnosis
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