Amplitude and Rate of Intrinsic Feedback During Treadmill Training for Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease, Treadmill
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Parkinson's Disease focused on measuring treadmill, parkinson's, proprioception, cadence, step length, intrinsic feedback
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
- must be able to walk unassisted for 10 metres
Exclusion Criteria:
- cardiovascular disease/history of stroke
- Dementia
- lower body injury that would be worsened by repetitive walking
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Treadmill Intervention 1: Rate Group
Magnitude treadmill group
regular treadmill walking
Participants in this condition will walk with a cadence (steps per minute) that is approximately 35% faster than comfortable walking pace. In this condition, participants will maintain a step length that is similar to that of their comfortable walking pace.
In this condition participants will walk on a treadmill with weights on their ankles to elicit a greater magnitude of instrinsic feedback from force sensitive golgi tendon organs
participants will walk at a comfortable self-selected pace on a treadmill