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The assessment of the quality of movement control in patients with Parkinson*s disease receiving deep brain stimulation.

Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's disease
10028037
Registration Number
NL-OMON30995
Lead Sponsor
Medisch Spectrum Twente
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
10
Inclusion Criteria

- Parkinson patients having a deep brain stimulator in the subthalamic nucleus
- Patients experiencing a good clinical result from DBS
- Patients having no major fluctuations in symptoms due to medication
- Patients being in good physical condition
- Patients responding within 5 minutes to changes in the stimulator settings

Exclusion Criteria

- Patients not being able to fully cooperate with the experiments
- Patients suffering from dementia
- Patients suffering from severe dyskinesia

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Parameters (obtained from the inertial sensors) relating to the UPDRS-scores<br /><br>for tremor, bradykinesia, and akinesia during three conditions are compared.<br /><br>These conditions are stimulator on with normal settings, stimulator on with<br /><br>altered settings, and stimulator off.<br /><br>The correlations of these parameters to the UPDRS-scores of tremor,<br /><br>bradykinesia, and akinesia is also assessed.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>not applicable</p><br>
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