Active clinical trials for "Movement Disorders"

This study aims to demonstrate that music listening in patients undergoing awake deep brain stimulation reduces subjective and objective measures of anxiety. Furthermore, the investigators aim to demonstrate that music may alter neuronal firing patterns based on the type of music played and the location in the brain.

The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness and specificity of agility and cycling exercise training on balance and mobility outcomes in PD and age and gender matched healthy controls. The hypothesis is that due to being profoundly deconditioned, agility and cycling will be similarly effective in PD but agility will be more effective then cycling in healthy old adults, in improving mobility and balance.

This study is an extension to the HP-CD-CL-2002 clinical study. It evaluates the long-term safety and tolerability of CDNF in patients with Parkinson's disease when dosed directly into the brain using an implanted investigational drug delivery system (DDS). Long-term safety of the DDS is also being evaluated. All patients will receive monthly infusions of either mid- or high-dose of CDNF for a period of 6 months.

Vibration applied to the skin has been anecdotally reported to potentially improve motor control in patients with movement disorders including Parkinson's disease, however few devices have been studied formally. In this study, the investigators will test the effect of skin surface vibration applied non-invasively to patients with movement disorders to determine if there are any beneficial effects on common tasks of motor control and/or abnormal motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor (ET), and dystonia.

A study will be performed where individuals with chronic stroke will be randomly assigned to receive 2 different dosages of robotic hand therapy. One group will receive 12 sessions of robot-assisted repetitive movement practice in the HEXORR robot over a 4-5 week period. A second group will receive 24 sessions of HEXORR therapy over a 8-10 week period.

This study is to evaluate long-term safety, tolerability and efficacy for AFQ056 in patients who have completed an AFQ056A study in Parkinson's disease L-dopa induced dyskinesias (PD-LID).

This study uses a patented type of exercise poles, developed to assist runners rehabilitating from lower body injuries. These poles may offer older adults improved stability, reduced fear of falling, and lessened lower body pain when exercise walking.

The purpose of this study was to assess the acute effects of a single NM treatment session on DOMS and to compare them with those of one foam roller (FR) session. Following the damaging plyometric exercise bout, the participants were randomly assigned in a counter-balanced fashion to either a FR or NM treatment group; treatments were administered 48-h post-exercise. The dependent variables were recorded before the exercise, 48-h post-exercise before treatment, and immediately post-treatment.

In the present study, the investigators propose a rehabilitative program for Parkinson' disease based on the combination of a neurocognitive method, i.e. visual sensory cues, with a neurophysiological method, i.e. RMP, in a randomized controlled trial with cross-over. The rationale herein was that the RMP may globally improve patients in terms of trunk control, motor performance, muscle tone, endurance and so on, predisposing them to improvement of the gait rhythm and automaticity induced by use of the visual external cues. The primary aim of this pilot, randomized, controlled, trial with crossover was to establish whether a 8-week exercise program focused at improving gait in people with PD was more effective than a same-duration program of standard physiotherapy. The secondary aim was to evaluate the effect on the disease's severity. At this aims investigators used a quantitative 3D motion analysis system to evaluate gait parameters and UPDRS-II and UPDR-III and H-Y staging to evaluate the severity of the disease. The investigators hypothesised that the both exercise programs will improve standard physiotherapy, however the proposed program will yield better improvements for the people with PD.

In this study the investigators evaluate the effectivity of Virtual Reality-based rehabilitation protocols for preventing motor deterioration in patients with cerebral palsy.