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Music-guided walking practice

This study compares walking practice with music and sensor-based feedback in people with Parkinson's.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: DRKS00026814

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Start (reported date)
2021-11-02

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Ages 40 years to 79 years · Ask the team who can join

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion criteria: (1) Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson Disease with the UK Brain Bank Criteria (2) Hoehn & Yahr-Stadium = 4 (with medicinal On-State) (3) Ability to complete the Gait tests without any aid and without fatigue (4) Clinical manifested unilateral reduction in armswing with range of motion < 28,3° or marked reduction in gait velocity < 1,15 m/s measured in the 1-minute gait test (5) No adaption of dopaminergic medication since one week and planned for eight weeks Exclusion criteria: (1) Orthopedic oder neurologic comorbility with relevant restricition of the agility or gait function (2) Cognitive impaitment which impacts everyday life (MMST 20° or Pisasyndrom (7) Episodes of gaitfreezing while walking normally in the past half-year (8) More than one fall in the past 12 months (9) Unilateral hearing loss > 40dB (10) Balance problems in anamnesis or in one of the following tests, not caused by the IPS: Romberg-Test, Tandem gait, Pull-Test (11) Rhythmic Auditive Stimulation or CuraSwing-Training in the past three months
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Music-guided gait training for patients with parkinson's disease - MuGa-Park

Short title used by the registry

Music-guided gait training for patients with parkinson's disease

Original description

Intervention: Group 1: Seven times a week, 20 minute self-training with sensorbased music-feedback for three weeks. Group 2: Seven times a week, 20 minute self-training with music-supported gait training for three weeks. Primary outcome: Range of motion of the Armswing left and right and the stride which are measured with Mobility Lab from APDM, stride length Secondary outcome: Walking speed, Walking endurance, Gait variability, Armswing speed, Heelstrike Angle, Dual-Task-Walking, Range of motion of the tailbone, Range of motion of the Sternum, Subjective symptom assessment, Music-Appreciation, Subjective experience, quality of life

Conditions reported: G20;Parkinson disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Group 1: Seven times a week, 20 minute self-training with sensorbased music-feedback for three weeks. Group 2: Seven times a week, 20 minute self-training with music-supported gait training for three weeks.
Phases
N/A
Sponsor
Kliniken Beelitz GmbH
Start date reported by registry
2021-11-02 (reported)

Registry updated: Not reported · Status last verified by the registry submitter: Not reported

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Stefan Mainka · 033204-22734 · mainka@kliniken-beelitz.de

Study locations

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Germany

Status not reported

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