Treadmill and Music Cueing for Gait Training in Mild to Moderate Parkinson's Disease

Treadmill and Music Cueing for Gait Training in Mild to Moderate Parkinson's Disease: a Preliminary Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00750945

Enrollment

Registered

2008-09-11

Start date

2008-09-30

Completion date

2009-07-31

Last updated

2009-09-28

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Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

Parkinson's disease, Cueing training, Treadmill training, Music

Brief summary

Sensory and motor cueing have been demonstrated as useful ambulation training techniques for Parkinson's disease (PD). This study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of treadmill training program with music cueing for mild to moderate PD patients.

Interventions

OTHERMusic and treadmill walking program

Treadmill with Music cueing training 3 days/wk, plus home music cueing 3 days/wk x 4 weeks

OTHERTreadmill walking program

Treadmill training 3 days/wk, plus home walking 3 days/wk x 4 weeks

OTHERHome program

Home walking program 6 days/wk x 4 weeks

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

FACTORIAL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

60 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Male PD patients aged 60-80 years with Hoehn and Yahr stage 2-3 diagnosed by attending neurologist 2. Good cognitive function with Thai Mental State Examination \>23 3. Stable medication without freezing 4. No prior exercise program within the last 2 months 5. No contraindication for exercise

Exclusion criteria

1. Medication change during the study program 2. Inability to walk on treadmill (in treadmill groups) 3. Cannot complete 80% of the prescribed program

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Walking performance evaluated with Timed Up and Go test, walking speed, step length, and cadence.	within 1 week after training, and at 4 weeks follow up

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Balance (single leg stance time) and fall rate	within 1 week after training, and at 4 weeks follow up
Aerobic endurance (6 minute walk test)	AA) within 1 week after training, and at 4 weeks follow up
Mentation, mood, behavior, Motor and ADL subscale of UPDRS	within 1 week after training, and at 4 weeks follow up
Patient's satisfaction	within 1 week after training, and at 4 weeks follow up

Countries

Thailand

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026