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Shifting perspectives on postural instability in Parkinson's disease

Recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson's disease
10028037
Registration Number
NL-OMON34771
Lead Sponsor
niversitair Medisch Centrum Sint Radboud
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria

Patients:
-Idiopathic Parkinson*s disease
-Hoehn and Yahr stages 1-2.5
-age between 18 and 70 years

Exclusion Criteria

- Cognitive impairment (MMSE < 24)
- Clinically relevant depression or anxiety disorders according to DSM-IV
- Visual impairment
- Vestibular impairment
- other disorders than Parkinson*s disease of the neuro-musculo-skeletal system
- inability to perform the set-shift task seated
- any inability to cooperate with the assessments and to give written informed consent

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>The relationship between switch costs, defined as the relative difference in<br /><br>reaction time between response to non-switch trials and response to<br /><br>cognitive-motor switch trials (experimental task 1) and stepping reaction<br /><br>times to perturbations (experimental task 2).</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Experimental task 1:<br /><br>o Switch costs of the cognitive shift only condition and of the motor shift<br /><br>only condition<br /><br>o Error rates<br /><br>Experimental task 2:<br /><br>o Excursion of centre of mass<br /><br>o Amplitude of the step </p><br>
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