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fNIRS Cortical Activation Patterns during Freezing of Gait.

Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's disease
Freezing of Gait
Registration Number
NL-OMON27658
Lead Sponsor
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (Nijmegen)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
25
Inclusion Criteria

> 18 years old
- idiopathic Parkinson's disease
- experiencing freezing of gait more than once a day

Exclusion Criteria

- comorbidities that cause severe gait impairments
- comorbidities that interfere with fNIRS recording (i.e. previous brain surgery, structural cerebral lesions)
- inabilty to comply with the protocol (inability to walk 150 m or make a half turn unaided, inability to walk 10 seconds without experiencing freezing of gait, severe cognitive impairments)

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
change in fNIRS activity (i.e. oxygenated hemoglobin and deoxygenated hemoglobin) relative to baseline in 10 regions of interest: the sensorimotor cortex, the supplementary motor area, the premotor cortex, the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and the posterior parietal cortex (in both hemispheres).
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Motor scores: gait parameters derived from motion sensors, FOG severity, new FOG questionnaire score, MDS-UPDRS; <br>Cognitive scores: the MoCA score and Trail Making Test score;<br>Anxiety scores: the HADS scores and anxiety levels during the walking task.
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