diseases involving basal ganglia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients with diseases involving basal ganglia presenting freezing of gait 2) Patients in Hoehn & Yahr stage 3 to 4 3) Patients not younger than 20 years of age 4) Patients providing written informed consent
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with dementia (MMSE <= 21) 2) Patients with gait disturbance arising from causes other than extrapyramidal symptoms 3) Patients with severe visual impairment 4) Patients with severe depressive symptoms 5) When doctors decide that patients do not have eligibility for this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| percent time frozen | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| number of FOG(freezing of gait) events gait velocity time to initiate gait average stride length | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
The University of Tokyo Hospital Department of Neurology