Monitoring Brain Waves in Response to Visual and/or Auditory Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Patients
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
- Enrollment
- 100
- Primary Endpoint
- Voltage fluctuation resulting from brain activity after auditory stimuli
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Voltage fluctuation as a result of brain activity will be recorded into the computer using an EEG device.
Detailed Description
Patients with Parkinson's disease may have gait disturbances including freezing of gait. Visual and auditory stimuli may improve gait. Investigators will analyze brain wave during walking while giving the subject different stimuli. The voltage fluctuation (in hundreds of microvolts) will be recorded using the EEG cap and amplifier into a computer.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients with Parkinson's disease that are ambulatory and can sign a written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients with Parkinson's disease who are not ambulatory
- •Patients with dementia
- •Patients that are blind
- •Patients that have severe hearing impairment
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Voltage fluctuation resulting from brain activity after auditory stimuli
Time Frame: One hour
Change in brain wave activity after auditory stimuli as compared with baseline measured in tens of micro-volts per second.
Voltage fluctuation resulting from brain activity after visual and auditory stimuli
Time Frame: One hour
Change in brain wave activity after visual and auditory stimuli as compared with baseline measured in tens of micro-volts per second.
Voltage fluctuation resulting from brain activity after visual stimuli
Time Frame: One hour
Change in brain wave activity after visual stimuli as compared with baseline measured in tens of micro-volts per second.