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Effects of dual task on gait performance and brain activities in individuals with Parkinson’s diseases

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
people with Parkinson&#39
s disease
Parkinson&#39
Registration Number
TCTR20190118010
Lead Sponsor
ational Yang-Ming University
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
7
Inclusion Criteria

the inclusion criteria of healthy participants were (1) the ability to walk 10m independently without any assistive device, (2) without any neurological, cardiopulmonary, or orthopedic disease might interfere the walking performance (3) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ≧24. The inclusion criteria of PD participants are (1) Diagnosed idiopathic Parkinson’s disease, (2) Hoehn and Yahr stage between 1 and 3, (3) ability to walk 10 meters independently without an assistive device, (4) ability to use upper extremity to hold a tray for motor dual task assessment, (5) stable medical condition, and (6) MMSE score ≧24.

Exclusion Criteria

1) History of malignant tumors, 2) any neurological or orthopaedic disease affects this experiment, 3) history of mental illness (within five years), alcohol addiction(within 12 months), or have intake central nervous system drugs (eg anti-epileptic drugs, anti-depressant drugs, sleeping pills) in the most recent month.

1. any tumor in previous or present
1 Unstable physical condition
2 Participants who have neurological psychiatry illness or diagnosis
learning disability can t take part in the experiment group

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Gait performance (speed, cadence, stride time, stride length, variability,dual task cost) after recruit GaitRite system
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Brain activity in prefrontal, premotor, and supplementary motor cortex after recruit Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
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