Gait disorder is a disabling symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD) affecting all patients during the course. Three methods of treadmill training (TT) will be compared to assess additional augmented reality (AR), or additional dual task (DT). AR TT, DT TT, and TT alone applied over 3 weeks at each day will be compared for their impact on falls, walking, freezing and attention for 3 months in a double blinded randomized controlled trial during regular neurorehabilitation.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
PD Patients will be randomized to treadmill training with augmented reality or to treadmill training with random number generation or to treadmill training for 3 weeks at 5 days a week for 30 minutes.
Department of Neurology
Valens, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland
RECRUITINGFrequency of falls
group difference of the difference in falls
Time frame: 3 months before study to 3 months following the study
Secondary outcomes:
Freezing of Gait (FOG) Questionnaire
Time frame: before and after the training period of 3 weeks
Sensor based gait analyses
for one week
Time frame: before and after the training period of 3 weeks and after 3 months
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