Effects of Protective Step Training on Proactive and Reactive Motor Adaptations in Parkinson's Disease Patients

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Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease, Fall, Protective Step Training, Falls, Intervention, Fall Prevention Training, Accidental Falls

In brief

The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent PD affects the ability to walk, respond to balance perturbations (i.e., Protective Step Training) and produce acute short-term effects to improve compensatory reactions and control of unperturbed walking balance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07399613

Run by

Arizona State University

People needed

12

Starts

2022-01-19

Expected to finish

2023-03-18

Last updated by the study team

2026-02-10

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• able to ambulate without assistance
• had no known neurologic, cardiovascular, or orthopedic deficit - (Mini-Mental Status Examination <25), and had a Hoehn \& Yahr (H\&Y) score between II-III.

You may not qualify if…

• exhibited functionally disabling dyskinesia
• has dystonia, orthostatic hypotension,
• had neurosurgical intervention (deep brain stimulation)
• has and any significant musculoskeletal or metabolic disorders.

Where it is running

• Glencroft Senior Living: Retirement Community in Arizona — Glendale, Arizona, United States

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