NCT02516644

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Virtual Reality & Use of Body Weight Support Treadmill Training in Parkinson's Disease

Feasibility and Effectiveness of Virtual Reality and the Use of Body Weight Support Treadmill Training in Parkinson's Disease: an Explorative Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University Hospital of Ferrara · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary hypothesis of the investigators is that a virtual reality system combined with physical activity provided on a body weight support treadmill training would change clinical parameters of balance and mobility in people with Parkinson's Disease

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual Reality	12 sessions of 1 hour (30 min of virtual reality and 30 min of aerobic exercise with treadmill training): three times a week over four weeks
BEHAVIORAL	Conventional Therapy	12 sessions of 1 hour of conventional physiotherapy: three times a week over four weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-02-01
• Primary completion: 2018-10-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2015-08-06
• Last updated: 2017-11-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy