Comfort and Tolerance of Surface Neuro Muscular Electrical Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease.

National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Device: NMES Device comfort

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01968473

NMES_PD_Comfort

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate issues relating to comfort and tolerance to surface neuro muscular electrical stimulation in a parkinson disease population.

Full description

The comfort and tolerance of Parkinson Disease (PD) patients to surface neuro muscular electrical stimulation (NMES) will be investigated.

Six muscle sites will be tested sensory, motor and pain thresholds recorded. Furthermore pain tolerance will be recorded as the level at which the stimulus is unbearable.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A diagnosis of idiopathic PD (UK, PD Brain Bank Criteria)
• A Hoehn and Yahr stage of 2 - 4
• Exhibiting Freezing of Gait or another gait abnormalityin the ON or OFF state.
• An ability to mobilise independently for the purpose of research when in the 'off' state
• An ability to walk unaided for 10 meters.

Exclusion criteria

• A serious cognitive impairment (MMSE<24)
• Pregnant or currently involved in another clinical trial.
• Uncontrolled heart problems
• Pacemakers
• On opioid or neuropathic pain medication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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10 participants in 1 patient group

NMES Device comfort

Experimental group

Description:

NMES Device comfort, establishing Sensory, Motor and Pain thresholds. Max Pain tolerance is also established.

Treatment:

Device: NMES Device comfort