Motor Adaptation to Split-Belt Treadmill in Parkinson's Disease

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

81 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-12-01

Study Completion Date

2019-06-30

Brief Summary

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Freezing of Gait (FOG) is a disabling symptom common in advanced Parkinson's Disease. FOG is an independent contributor to fall risk and is only partially relieved by medication. Parkinson's patients with FOG are known to have more difficulty with gait adaptation in their day to day environment. Further, asymmetry of gait has been implicated in FOG as these episodes are often elicited during asymmetric tasks such as turning. This study will examine the effect of a single session of split-belt treadmill walking on gait adaptation, gait symmetry and FOG as well as 24 hour retention of these effects.

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Detailed Description

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In this proposal, the investigators will investigate whether adapting gait to modulations imposed by a split-belt treadmill, improves walking ability and reduces FOG. The investigators will test the hypothesis that motor adaptation deficits underlie FOG and that these problems are modifiable with training. To address these suppositions, the investigators propose a multi-centric study conducted in two research labs with expertise in split-belt gait analysis and FOG: University of Leuven (KUL) and Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel (CAUK). As freezers have been shown to have more difficulty with consolidation of motor learning, the investigators aim in study I (pilot phase) to first understand which split-belt parameters are optimal for training gait flexibility and lead to consolidated gains in daily walking. For this study, the investigators will recruit 60 freezers and 60 healthy controls, pooled across centers, and manipulate different split-belt conditions in one learning and retention session.

Conditions

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Parkinson Disease Freezing of Gait

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will randomly be assigned to 1 of 4 different split-belt treadmill paradigms. Assessments will be performed pre and post training on day 1 and once again on day 2.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Split-Belt Treadmill Training 1:2

Split-Belt Training with a steady ratio of 1:2.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL