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How people adapt their walking to changing treadmill speeds

Researchers study walking on a treadmill whose two sides move at different speeds to understand adjustment and freezing in Parkinson’s.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: NCT06911229

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Start (reported actual date)
2025-10-01
Main measurements finished (planned)
2027-07-31
Study finished (planned)
2027-07-31

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  • 2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Who can join?

Ages 18 years to 80 years · Does not accept healthy volunteers

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: all

Inclusion Criteria: * consensus diagnosis of idiopathic PD by fellowship trained movement disorders neurologists at the Normal Fixel Institute of Neurological Diseases; * chronically stable DBS, defined as having had DBS for at least 6 months in duration with optimized DBS settings; * Age between 18 - 80 years old per the FDA data sheet for PD DBS; * no dementia according to the clinical diagnostic criteria for PD dementia; * ambulatory without the use of walking aids, or another person's assistance. Exclusion Criteria: * other previous neurological surgery; * suspicion of other neurologic diagnoses such as atypical parkinsonism, or Alzheimer's disease.
Full study name & original research details

Official study title

Neurophysiology of Locomotor Adaptation and Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease

Original description

Locomotor adaptation will be studied using an established split-belt treadmill paradigm, consisting of baseline (1:1 speed ratio), split-belt adaptation (2:1) and post-adaptation (1:1) walking. Split-belt walking will be performed under DBS ON and DBS OFF conditions, while off-medication.

Further description from the registry

We will test the hypotheses that DBS can facilitate split-belt walking adaptation with DBS ON compared with DBS OFF.

Conditions reported: Parkinson Disease

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Study type
Interventional
Interventions
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Phases
NA
Sponsor
University of Florida
Start date reported by registry
2025-10-01 (actual)

Registry updated: 2026-07-15 · Status last verified by the registry submitter: 2025-08

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Julia Choi, Ph.D. · 3522941720 · juliachoi@ufl.edu

Study locations

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University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Recruiting

Julia Choi

Facility not reported

United States

Status not reported

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