A Pilot Study of Virtual Reality and Antigravity Treadmill for Gait Improvement in Parkinson

Universidad San Jorge

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gait Disorders, Neurologic; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Other: Virtual reality combined with anti-gravity treadmill

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04117737

PI18/386

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to improve knowledge about mechanical gait assistance combined with virtual reality efficiency in gait recovery for Parkinson´s patients. It is hypothesised that 12 sessions of 30 minutes each, over a 4 weeks period, of antigravity treadmill rehabilitation combined with virtual reality treatment is effective for increase gait autonomy in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having Parkinson's disease diagnosed by a neurological doctor.
• Having an alteration of the gait caused by the neurological disorder.
• Being able to have an independent and voluntary walk of 10 meters as minimum.
• Height more than 150 cm.

Exclusion criteria

• Being blind.
• Medical contraindications for walking.
• Being amputee.
• Alcohol or drugs abuse.
• Other diseases that impedes the intervention.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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12 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Single-arm

Treatment:

Other: Virtual reality combined with anti-gravity treadmill