Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for Parkinson Disease

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Gait, Rigid; Parkinson Disease

Treatments: Procedure: Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04171076

USaoPauloGH 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Spinal cord stimulation has been used to treat gait problems in Parkinson's disease, with positive results along some studies. The use of non-invasive stimulation can be an alternative to stimulate the spinal corn.

Full description

Spinal cord stimulation has been used to treat gait problems in Parkinson's disease, with positive results along some studies. The use of non-invasive stimulation can be an alternative to stimulate the spinal corn. In this pilot trial, the investigators recruit participants with Parkinson' disease and freezing of gait. The aim of the study is to explore the safety along the non-invasive magnetic thoracic spinal cord stimulation as well the effect on gait problems, especially freezing of gait, prospectively, in an open-label fashion.

Enrollment: 5 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of advanced idiopathic Parkinson's disease
• significant freezing of gait despite optimized treatment with medications and rehabilitation program

Exclusion criteria

• psychiatric symptoms
• dementia
• cardiac pacemaker

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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5 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: non-invasive spinal cord stimulation

Treatment:

Procedure: Transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation