Effect of Multisensory Training on Gait Variability in People With Parkinson's Disease
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Parkinson Disease
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
- Enrollment
- 40
- Primary Endpoint
- Gait variability
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
People with Parkinson's disease (PD) were characterized by many motor symptoms, including rigidity, postural instability, bradykinesia, and resting tremor. These motor symptoms might cause gait dysfunction. Gait dysfunction represented a common sign of PD, including reduced gait velocity, reduced stride length, reduced arm swing, and increased gait variability. Poor postural control in people with PD might result to increase gait variability and then increase fall risk. Previous studies reported that proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training improved postural stability in people with PD. However, no literature investigated the effects of proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training on gait variability. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of proprioceptive-vestibular multisensory training on gait variability in people with PD.
Investigators
Yea-Ru Yang
Professor
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Idiopathic PD
- •Hoehn and Yahr stage I to III
- •Age 60\~80 y/o
- •Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≥24
- •Ability to ambulate independently (with or without walking aid)
Exclusion Criteria
- •Affecting the peripheral vestibular system
- •Medical condition that substantially influenced their gait and balance performance
- •People had joined any rehabilitation past 1 month
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Gait variability
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 6 weeks
Using GAITRite system to measure coefficient of variation
Secondary Outcomes
- Sensory organization test(Change from baseline at 6 weeks)
- Gait performance(Change from baseline at 6 weeks)
- Timed up and go test(Change from baseline at 6 weeks)
- Dynamic Gait Index(Change from baseline at 6 weeks)