The Learning Effects of Task-priority Strategy on Dual-task Weight Shifting and Brain Plasticity in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

National Taiwan University Hospital28 enrolled

Overview

(1) postural and suprapostural performance of a dual task would be differently affected by the strategy of task prioritization and (2) the cortical activation is different according to attentional focus strategies.

These hypothesis would be tested by gait performance, suprapostural accuracy and relative power spectrum of EEG.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Postural and Suprapostural Performance During Dual Tasking in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Weight-shifting trainingBEHAVIORAL

Postural task: Participants are standing with their weak side on the force plate. During the task, they wight-shift from side to side ranging from 10 to 90 percent of their body weight. Suprapostural task: Participants hold a tray with their arms beside the body, 90 degrees of elbow flexion. They rotate the tray left and right for 45 degrees respectively. During their task, participants should weight-shift and rotate the tray at the same time.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsMax age: 85 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 1\. modified H-Y stage II-III Parkinson's disease 2. No other diseases 3. Non-demented PD 4. Non-tremor PD Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan