Basal Ganglia Local Field Potentials in Gait and Speech

Recording of Gait and Speech Related Neurophysiological Parameters With an Implantable Bi-directional Deep Brain Stimulation System in Parkinson's Disease

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01905995

Enrollment

Registered

2013-07-23

Start date

2013-07-31

Completion date

2015-12-31

Last updated

2013-07-23

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Conditions

Basal Ganglia Diseases

Keywords

deep brain sitimulation, local field potentials

Brief summary

Electrid activity of the basal ganglia will be recorded with an implantable deep brain stimulation device (supplied by Medtronic Inc). Study hypothesis is that these activities differ according to what the patient does, i.e. are different during gait and speech.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* good levodopa response

Exclusion criteria

* dementia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Difference of frequency spectrum of basal ganglia local field potentials during gait and speech	1 year

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Evidence for the benefit of different stimulator settings for gait and speech	one year

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactKai Boetzel, M.D

kboetzel@med.uni-muenchen.de00498970953673

Outcome results