Music-guided gait training for patients with parkinson's disease

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: G20
Parkinson disease

Registration Number: DRKS00026814

Lead Sponsor: Kliniken Beelitz GmbH

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

(1) Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson Disease with the UK Brain Bank Criteria
(2) Hoehn & Yahr-Stadium = 4 (with medicinal On-State)
(3) Ability to complete the Gait tests without any aid and without fatigue
(4) Clinical manifested unilateral reduction in armswing with range of motion < 28,3° or marked reduction in gait velocity < 1,15 m/s measured in the 1-minute gait test
(5) No adaption of dopaminergic medication since one week and planned for eight weeks

Exclusion Criteria

(1) Orthopedic oder neurologic comorbility with relevant restricition of the agility or gait function
(2) Cognitive impaitment which impacts everyday life (MMST<27)
(3) Severe depression or psicosis
(4) Marked dyskinesia while being in medical ON-State
(5) Coronary heart disease with instable angina pectoris
(6) Kamptokormia > 20° or Pisasyndrom
(7) Episodes of gaitfreezing while walking normally in the past half-year
(8) More than one fall in the past 12 months
(9) Unilateral hearing loss > 40dB
(10) Balance problems in anamnesis or in one of the following tests, not caused by the IPS: Romberg-Test, Tandem gait, Pull-Test
(11) Rhythmic Auditive Stimulation or CuraSwing-Training in the past three months

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Range of motion of the Armswing left and right and the stride which are measured with Mobility Lab from APDM, stride length

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walking speed, Walking endurance, Gait variability, Armswing speed, Heelstrike Angle, Dual-Task-Walking, Range of motion of the tailbone, Range of motion of the Sternum, Subjective symptom assessment, Music-Appreciation, Subjective experience, quality of life