Treadmill and Music Cueing for Gait Training in Mild to Moderate Parkinson's Disease

Chulalongkorn University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Treatments: Other: Music and treadmill walking program; Other: Treadmill walking program; Other: Home program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00750945

COA No. 623/2008

Details and patient eligibility

About

Sensory and motor cueing have been demonstrated as useful ambulation training techniques for Parkinson's disease (PD). This study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of treadmill training program with music cueing for mild to moderate PD patients.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 60 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male PD patients aged 60-80 years with Hoehn and Yahr stage 2-3 diagnosed by attending neurologist
2. Good cognitive function with Thai Mental State Examination >23
3. Stable medication without freezing
4. No prior exercise program within the last 2 months
5. No contraindication for exercise

Exclusion criteria

1. Medication change during the study program
2. Inability to walk on treadmill (in treadmill groups)
3. Cannot complete 80% of the prescribed program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

A

Experimental group

Description:

Treadmill with Music cueing group

Treatment:

Other: Music and treadmill walking program

B

Active Comparator group

Description:

Treadmill group

Treatment:

Other: Treadmill walking program

C

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Home walking group

Treatment:

Other: Home program