Parkinson disease
Conditions
Interventions
In the HAL therapy group, the patients undergo walking training with HAL for 40 minutes a day, 9 times in total, and walking training without HAL for 40 minutes a day, 2 times.
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Sponsors
Ichinomiya Nishi Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. The patients meet clinically established or clinically probable cases of the clinical diagnostic criteria of Parkinson disease by Movement Disorder Society 2. Hoehn & Yahr classification is 3 or 4 3. The patients are treated with L-dopa 4. Hospitalization or outpatient visit is possible during the intervention period 5. Written consent has been obtained
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Decline in the cognitive function (MMSE 23 points or less) 2. Muscle weakness due to neuromuscular disease 3. The patients cannot walk for 2 minutes 4. Strong posture abnormality (score of '3.13 Posture' in MDS-UPDRS three points or more) 5. Wearing off time of more than 25% of awake time
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Primary outcome is walking speed, number of steps, and stride. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes were Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS), postural instability and gait difficulty score of MDS-UPDRS, Time Up and Go test, Mini Balance Evaluation Systems Test, Functional Reach test, Freezing of Gait Questionnaire, Parkinson disease Questionnaire -39. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMasahiro Kanai
Ichinomiya Nishi Hospital Neurology
Outcome results
None listed