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Freezing of Gait Correction and Fall Prevention: Developing a Real-time Somatosensory Stimulation System

22. oktober 2013 opdateret af: National Taiwan University Hospital

Freezing of Gait Correction and Fall Prevention in People With Parkinson's Disease: Developing and Application of a Real-time Somatosensory Stimulation System

Background and purpose: Freezing of gait (FOG) is one of the most disabling motor symptoms in people with Parkinson's disease (PD), and closely associates with postural instability and fall. Previous studies had shown that somatosensory stimulation could induce weight shift, and this is probably helpful for gait reinitiation. Therefore, the investogators propose a two-year project to develop a wearable device, the somatosensory stimulation system (SSS), which monitors gait real-time and provide somatosensory stimulation once FOG episodes detected. And the investigators test the effects of this SSS device on FOG, fall, and walking function.

Methods: The first-year study is to build and validate this wearable SSS device. The customized device has sensor part and stimulator part; the former is an inertial sensor module to detect FOG episodes, and the latter is a microvibrator-embedded insole to facilitate weight shift and gait reinitiation. To validate the device, patients with FOG are recruited and conduct FOG-provoking tasks during their medication "OFF" or "late On" state in a laboratory setting. The investigators test if the SSS device could facilitate lateral weight shift and help gait reinitiation, as well as the reliability. The second-year study is to test if the SSS device stands a long-term, daily wearing basis, and to evaluate its effect on FOG, fall, and walking function. The investigators recruit PD patients with FOG, and randomly assign them into the experimental and control groups. Both groups wear the SSS device during the daytime for ten weeks, and the stimulator part is turned on during the first six weeks (intervention phase) only in the experimental group. The stimulator part is then kept off during the last four weeks (follow-up phase) in both groups. The effect of the SSS device is evaluated by the outcomes including FOG severity, fall and walking function, which are measured prior/after the intervention phase and after the follow-up phase.

Clinical relevance: This project tempts to combine real-time gait analysis with somatosensory-induced postural readjustment, and using this novel approach to improve FOG and fall in people with PD. The results of this projects might also provide an objective, long-term assessment tool to measure the FOG phenomenon for clinical and research fields.

Studieoversigt

Status

Ukendt

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Forventet)

50

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Taiwan
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
        • Rekruttering
        • National Taiwan University Hospital
        • Kontakt:
        • Kontakt:
        • Ledende efterforsker:
          • Ruey-Meei Wu, Professor
        • Ledende efterforsker:
          • Kwan-Hwa Lin, Professor
      • Taipei, Taiwan, 100
        • Ikke rekrutterer endnu
        • National Taiwan University Hospital
        • Kontakt:
        • Kontakt:
        • Ledende efterforsker:
          • Ruey-Meei Wu, Professor

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

55 år til 85 år (Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Idiopathic Parkinsonian with Hoehn-Yahr score between 2 to 4
  • Suffering freezing-of-gait in the recent week
  • Able to walk unassisted over 30 meters in medication OFF period

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Non-idiopathic Parkinsonian
  • Comorbid with uncontrolled neurological, cardiovascular and orthopedic diseases that might affect balance and mobility
  • Impaired cognitive function
  • Abnormal plantar sensory function
  • Abnormal coagulation function

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Behandling
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Enkelt

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Ingen indgriben: Without real-time somatosensory cue
Parkinson patients wear the somatosensory stimulation system but not receive the real-time somatosensory cue during freezing-of-gait episodes.
Eksperimentel: With real-time somatosensory cue
Parkinson patients wear the somatosensory stimulation system and receive the real-time somatosensory cue during freezing-of-gait episodes.
Enhed: Real-time somatosensory cue
A novel sensory cue proposed in this study, which designed to facilitate weight shift during freezing-of-gait episodes. This sensory cue is controlled by the real-time analysis of gait pattern, and given only when freezing-of-gait detected.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Reliability of the somatosensory stimulation system
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
The reliability of the somatosensory stimulation system in detecting freezing-of-gait episodes during gait.
2 weeks
Validity of the somatosensory stimulation system
Tidsramme: 2 weeks
If the somatosensory stimulation system can facilitate weight shift and help gait reinitiation during freezing-of-gait.
2 weeks
Fall prevention
Tidsramme: 10 weeks
If the somatosensory stimulation system can reduce the incidence of fall in people with Parkinson disease.
10 weeks

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

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Sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Ruey-Meei Wu, Professor, Department of Neurology, National Taiwan University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Ledende efterforsker: Kwan-Hwa Lin, Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. februar 2013

Primær færdiggørelse (Forventet)

1. juli 2014

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

17. januar 2013

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

18. januar 2013

Først opslået (Skøn)

21. januar 2013

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Skøn)

23. oktober 2013

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

22. oktober 2013

Sidst verificeret

1. oktober 2013

Mere information

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Nøgleord

Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • 201112158DIB

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