Investigation of the somatotopic organization of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's patients with deep brain stimulation; movement measurements on Parkinson*s Disease patients for different deep brain stimulation settings.
Completed
- Conditions
- 10028037Parkinson's Disease
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON31328
- Lead Sponsor
- Medisch Spectrum Twente
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 15
Inclusion Criteria
Patient suffers from Parkinson's disease
Patient has received bilateral DBS in the STN
Patient underwent surgery at least three month ago
Patient experiences a good clinical result from DBS
Patient has no major fluctuations in symptoms due to medication
Patient is in good physical condition
Patient responds within 5 minutes to changes in the stimulator settings
Exclusion Criteria
Patient cannot fully cooperate with the experiments
Patient suffers from dementia
Patient suffers from severe dyskinesia/akinesia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The study is designed to measure tremor, bradykinesia/akinesia and speech<br /><br>dificiencies in Parkinson's disease. These factors can than be related to the<br /><br>position of the electrode which is determined from preoperative MRI scans or<br /><br>post-operative CT scans. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>n.a.</p><br>