NCT02906046

Weight in Lower Limbs Improves Gait Ataxia of in Machado-Joseph Disease Patients

Weight in Lower Limbs Improves Gait Ataxia Of in Machado-Joseph Disease Patients: A Randomized Crossover Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Few studies evaluated the efficacy of adding weights on the lower limbs in patients with ataxic disorders. There is no current evidence on which would be the most appropriate weight for use in this context. To assess progress and benefits of using this load, gait of symptomatic carriers of spinocerebellar ataxia type 3/Machado Joseph disease the objective of the study is to evaluate the gait with and without different load weights on lower limbs. Outcomes were the Scale for the Assessment and Ataxia Rating of (SARA), kinematic gait assessment by the accelerometer and gyroscope and the Patient Global Impression (PGI) about which weight they prefer for walking.

Conditions

• Machado-Joseph Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Weight in Lower Limbs

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-02-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2016-09-19
• Last updated: 2016-09-19