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A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Backward and Side Walking Exercises with Visual and Auditory Cueing for Enhancing Gait Speed and Balance in Parkinson?s Disease

Backward and Side Walking Training versus Visual and Auditory Cueing techniques to improve Gait Speed and Balance in Parkinson?s Disease A randomized clinical trail - nil

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/093344
Enrollment
36
Registered
2025-08-20
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Backward walking and side walking: Backward walking and side walking is given for 30 minutes, 3 days per week for 4 weeks. Control Intervention1: visual cueing and auditory cueing: visu

Sponsors

Sahana D L
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Parkinsonism with Hoehn and Yahr stage II to III is considered. Both genders are included. Berg Balance Score between medium fall risk 21 to 40 and low fall risk 41 to 51 patients are included in this study. Patients who can walk for 10 meters without any walking aids Age above 60 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Blindness or vision problems. vestibular impairments. Orthopaedic impairments or conditions like TKR Chronic stage of Parkinson?s disease. Parkinson?s plus syndrome patients Berg Balance Score between high fall risk 0 to 2 and low fall risk 41 to 51 patients is excluded from this study. Age below 60 years.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Berg Balance ScaleTimepoint: Before and after the intervention

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
10 meter walk testTimepoint: Before & after intervention

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSahana D L

Cauvery college of physiotherapy

rakeshmanju098@gmail.com7795771545

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026