Biofeedback-based Motor Learning to Ameliorate Freezing of Gait
Gait, Parkinson Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Gait focused on measuring Freezing, biofeedback, motor learning, freezing of gait in PD
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:1) Have a diagnosis of PD 2) Suffer from the FOG symptom. Subjects must score 2 or more on item #3 of the subjective FOG questionnaire (FOG-Q)and exhibit two or more FOG episodes during a short, functional FOG evaluation procedure that includes FOG-provoking conditions (e.g., turns, doorways) and 5 laps of walking in a figure 8 shaped trajectory 3) Free of serious co-morbidities or acute illness that would make training inappropriate.
Exclusion Criteria:
1) Unable to walk unassisted for at least 5 minutes with ample rest. 2)Brain surgery.
Sites / Locations
- Laboratory for Gait and Neurodynamics, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Feedforward stimulation
Feedback stimulation
Prior to any gait condition likely to invoke freez, auditory stimulation is presented
Once a device identifies freezing, a auditory stimulation is triggered