Comparison of Two Home-based Gait and Balance Trainings With Different Training Frequencies in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Ataxia

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The research project is an experimental study with three study visits at the study site at the University Hospital Düsseldorf (UKD) / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and a three-week training phase in a parallel design. Patients with movement disorders (ataxia or Parkinson\'s disease) can take part. The training phase includes individually adapted, targeted, video-based coordination and balance training, which should lead to an improvement in gait and balance. Two different training protocols are carried out in parallel for three weeks each: One with 20 minutes of training per day, four days per week; and one with a training duration of 40 minutes per day, only two days per week. All patients initially take part in a one-week familiarization phase without training and are then randomly assigned to one of the two training protocols or the control group without additional training. In both training phases, the total amount of weekly training time is the same, but the frequency and duration of training sessions per week differs. The patients who were assigned to the control group without additional training can complete the training after their third study visit.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• clinical diagnosis of cerebellar ataxia or idiopathic Parkinson's syndrome

• opportunity to walk a distance of four meters unhindered at home

Locations
Other Locations
Germany
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Institut für Klinische Neurowissenschaften und Medizinische Psychologie
RECRUITING
Düsseldorf
Contact Information
Primary
Martina Minnerop, PD Dr. med.
m.minnerop@fz-juelich.de
+49246161-2125
Backup
Clara Rentz, M. Sc.
c.rentz@fz-juelich.de
+492461612125
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-01-04
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: 4 x 20 minutes training per week
During the three-week training phase, the video-based training should be carried out at home four times a week for 20 minutes each time. The access to the training videos is provided via links.
Experimental: 2 x 40 minutes training per week
During the three-week training phase, the video-based training should be carried out at home two times a week for 40 minutes each time. The access to the training videos is provided via links.
No_intervention: control group
During the three weeks between study visit two and study visit three, no additional training is conducted. Patients who were assigned to the group without training are given access to the training material after the end of the study and can carry it out afterwards.
Sponsors
Collaborators: Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf
Leads: Forschungszentrum Juelich

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov