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Clinical Trials/NCT04041661
NCT04041661UnknownNot Applicable

The Effect of Concurrent Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Gait Training on Gait Performance When Doing the Cognitive Dual-task in People With Parkinson's Disease

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University0 sites30 target enrollmentStarted: August 1, 2019Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Enrollment
30
Primary Endpoint
Dual-task walking performance

Study Overview

Brief Summary

To investigate the effect of concurrent transcranial direct current stimulation and gait training on gait performance when doing the cognitive dual-task in people with Parkinson's Disease.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
50 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Diagnosed with idiopathic PD
  • Hoehn and Yahr stages I-III
  • Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) score ≧ 24
  • Could walk 10m independently with or without gait aid

Exclusion Criteria

  • Concurrent medication likely to affect mental performance
  • tDCS contraindication
  • Significant neurological, vestibular, visual disorders or psychiatric illness
  • Musculoskeletal or cardiopulmonary disease
  • Sensory system pathology

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dual-task walking performance

Time Frame: Change from baseline at 4 weeks

To evaluate gait parameters while doing dual-task walking

Secondary Outcomes

  • Single walking performance(Change from baseline at 4 weeks)
  • Digit span test(Change from baseline at 4 weeks)
  • Stroop color and word test-Chinese version(Change from baseline at 4 weeks)
  • Trail-making test A & B(Change from baseline at 4 weeks)

Investigators

Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Yea-Ru Yang

Professor

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

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