NCT02538029

The Effects of Dual Task Training in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

The Effects of Dual Task Training on Motor and Non-Motor Function in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The primary aim of the proposed project is to characterize dual tasking (DT) deficits to improve motor, cognitive, and quality of life outcomes in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Phase 1 of the intervention will involve an in-depth gait analysis on 15 individuals with PD. This gait analysis will utilize the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) system, a virtual reality system with a fully integrated 3-D motion capture system. The purpose of Phase 1 is to generalize characteristics of gait and postural control during specific DT conditions. Phase 2 (N=20) involves the clinical translation of these findings. This phase will involve creating a clinical intervention based on the objective information gathered the CAREN system. The intervention will take place 3x/week for a total of 8 weeks. Interventional groups will include: 1) DT clinical group (N=10) and 2) Single task group (N=10). Outcome measures will be used at the beginning and end of the intervention to assess the feasibility and efficacy of the intervention.

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Dual Task Group	Performing motor-motor or motor-cognitive tasks at the same time.
BEHAVIORAL	Single Task Group	Performing motor or cognitive tasks alone.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-08-16
• Completion: 2017-08-16
• First posted: 2015-09-02
• Last updated: 2019-05-03
• Results posted: 2019-05-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States