Visual cues via smart glasses to reduce freezing of gait in Parkinson*s disease*
Completed
- Conditions
- freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease10028037
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON42372
- Lead Sponsor
- niversitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 24
Inclusion Criteria
• Men/women of age > 18 years with idiopathic Parkinson*s disease, as diagnosed by the UK Brain Bank Criteria (Hughes et al. , 1992).
• Written informed consent.
• Presence of FOG (defined as a score of 1 on question 1 Have you experienced FOG in the past month from the NFOGQ).
• Disabling/regular FOG (defined as a score of 3 Very often, more than one time a day on question 2 How often do you experience FOG from the NFOGQ).
• Patients need to use conservative cues in daily life.
Exclusion Criteria
• Presence of stroke in history or a psychiatric disease.
• Severe visual impairments.
• Severe co-morbidity (such as orthopedic problems) limiting ambulation.
• Severe cognitive impairments (MMSE<24).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Walking tasks will be video-taped and rated for the presence of FOG by two<br /><br>experienced raters. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>In addition, participants will wear some accelerometers on their body (XSens),<br /><br>using which we can calculate gait parameters such as step length. </p><br>