Monitoring Brain Waves in Response to Visual and/or Auditory Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

• Registration Number: NCT02768896
• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-09
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-11
• Status Verified: 2016-06
• Study Start: 2016-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-06-06
• Last Update Posted: 2016-06-07
• Primary Completion: 2018-01
• Study Completion: 2018-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Voltage fluctuation resulting from brain activity after auditory stimuli	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	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	One hour	Change in brain wave activity after visual stimuli as compared with baseline measured in tens of micro-volts per second.