Vestibular Physical Therapy for People With Alzheimer Disease

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Vestibular Diseases, Alzheimer Disease, Cognitive Impairment

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the tolerability and preliminary efficacy of an 8-week home-based vestibular physical therapy program in people with cognitive impairment.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03887923

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

5

Starts

2019-05-10

Expected to finish

2019-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2020-03-24

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• mild-AD diagnosis
• complaints or observation of gat disturbance

You may not qualify if…

• inability to stand for 3 minutes without rest
• recent lower extremity fractures/severe sprains (within last six months)
• incapacitating back or lower extremity pain
• confounding neurologic or neuromuscular disorders
• presence of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
• pain elicited during cervical range of motion or limited cervical range of motion

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer Disease Research Center — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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