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External vs Internal-triggered Augmented-reality Visual Cues to Treat Freezing of Gait

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Parkinsonian Disorders
Gait Disorders, Neurologic
Movement Disorders
Gait, Unsteady
Gait, Festinating
Interventions
Other: No Cue
Other: Conventional Cue
Other: Constant Cue
Other: Patient hand-triggered
Other: Patient eye-triggered
Other: Examiner-triggered
Registration Number
NCT05608915
Lead Sponsor
The Cleveland Clinic
Brief Summary

Postural instability, freezing-of-gait (FOG), and falls are among the greatest unmet needs in Parkinson disease (PD). FOG eventually affects more than half of people with PD, and is notoriously difficult to treat pharmacologically or via deep brain stimulation. Visual cues do improve gait freezing, but their efficacy and adoption is limited because they are not practical to use in all real-world situations. There is a need for a cueing technique that is on-demand and discreet - only perceptible to the patient. Fortunately, recent technological advances in augmented-reality (AR) enable such an approach. In this study, state-of-the-art AR glasses will be used to project digital cues that are only visible to the wearer, to determine if they can improve FOG. 36 individuals with PD and FOG will be recruited to perform an obstacle-course gait task under six cue conditions: no cue, conventional cue, constant-on AR, patient-hand-triggered AR (turns on when patient clicks button), patient-eye-triggered AR (turns on when looking down), and examiner-triggered AR. The AR cue is a set of images that appear on the floor at a patient's feet, mimicking floor lines. Gait performance will be captured on video and via body-worn wireless sensors that detect how each limb is moving. The investigators will determine whether individuals are cue-able with conventional visual cues, whether intermittent cues outperform constant-on cues, and whether cues triggered by an examiner outperform cues triggered by patients themselves.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
36
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of PD
  • Presence of freezing of gait, defined as a score of ≥1 in MDS-UPDRS 2.13, or 3.11.
  • Can walk without assistance, OFF meds, based on yes/no verbal response
Exclusion Criteria
  • Severity of gait impairment should not require dependency to walker or cane
  • Concomitant conditions that may affect significantly the evaluation of balance or gait, including orthopedic, rheumatologic or other neurological diseases
  • Contraindication to physical therapy
  • Severe bilateral visual impairment
  • Age < 21
  • Diagnosis of dementia
  • Not agreeable to having video taken of entire research visit

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesPatient hand-triggeredIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesNo CueIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesConventional CueIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesExaminer-triggeredIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesConstant CueIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Augmented-Reality Visual CuesPatient eye-triggeredIn this single-arm study, all participants will receive all interventions on the same day. They will be wearing an augmented-reality headset that will display a digital obstacle course. Walking performance will be captured with no visual cues, with conventional visual cues, and with augmented-reality visual cues.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Stride Time Coefficient of VariationFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait dysfunction, derived from kinematic recordings from body-worn wireless sensors.

Percent Time FreezingFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait freezing, derived from video recordings of gait performance, and body-worn wireless sensors.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Freezing IndexFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait freezing, derived from kinematic recordings from body-worn wireless sensors.

Gait VelocityFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait dysfunction, derived from kinematic recordings from body-worn wireless sensors.

Mean Stride LengthFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait dysfunction, derived from kinematic recordings from body-worn wireless sensors.

Total Distance WalkedFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait dysfunction, derived from augmented-reality headset and other body-worn wireless sensors

Step CadenceFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of dysfunction, derived from kinematic recordings from body-worn wireless sensors.

Number of Freeze EpisodesFor each arm, during the single-day research visit only.

Marker of gait freezing, derived from video recordings of gait performance, and body-worn wireless sensors.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Cleveland, Ohio, United States

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