Perception of Affordances and Obstacle Crossing in People With Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Adults

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Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease (PD)

In brief

This study aims to explore how young adults, older adults and people with Parkinson's disease (PwP), perceive their abilty to cross obstacles while walking, and how this perception is related to their actual performance of obstacle crossing and disease-related motor and cognitive impairments. The study will explore this percepeption and the actual performance in different walking environments(floor, synthetic grass turf). Understanding how people perceive obstacles may help improve rehabilitation methods and reduce the risk of falls. The study will take place at the Motor Performance Laboratory, University of Haifa, and will include walking tasks, eye-tracking measurements, and motor and cognitive assessments.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06932679

Run by

University of Haifa

People needed

180

Starts

2025-04-24

Expected to finish

2028-06-24

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-22

Who can join

Age: 20 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Participants aged 20 to 80 years.
• Ability to walk independently outdoors without assistive devices.
• For Parkinson's Disease (PD) group: Diagnosis of PD confirmed by medical records.
• For healthy control groups: No neurological or orthopedic conditions affecting gait.

You may not qualify if…

• Feezing of gait (for PD group only), based on a score greater than 0 on the Freezing of Gait Questionnaire.
• Severe visual impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses or lenses.
• Cognitive impairment, defined as a score below 18 on the telephone-based Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
• Any orthopedic condition, pain, or other medical condition that may affect walking, based on self-report.

Where it is running

• University of Haifa, Motor Performance Laboratory — Haifa, Israel (enrolling)

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