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Walking around obstacles while using thinking skills

Researchers are studying brain activity and training that combines movement with thinking tasks during walking.

Testing a treatment or activity · Study reference: TCTR20210420003

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Start (reported date): 2021-03-18
Study finished (reported date): 2022-03-24

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2026-10-11 — recruiting

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Sex eligibility reported by registry: both

Inclusion criteria: Parkinson's disease without cognitive impairment: 1) Diagnosed with idiopathic PD by a neurologist, 2) Hoehn and Yahr stage I to III, 3) Receive regular medication for treating Parkinson's disease, e.g., Levodopa, 4) >3 months of stable anti-Parkinson's medication, 5) Walk 1 min independently without assistive device, 6) Correctly respond to visual and auditory information, 7) Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) >=24, and 8) 20-80 years old Parkinson's disease with cognitive impairment: same as above, as well as 9) Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) <26 Exclusion criteria: All participants: 1) unstable health condition, and 2) any orthopedic, neurological, or psychological disease affecting participation

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Official study title

The brain activity and motor performance during obstacle-crossing gait and effects of motor and cognition complex training - Study of Parkinson's disease with or without mild cognitive impairment (Part II)

Original description

Intervention: 3 lanes (3 m width by 8 m length) were delineated by yellow and orange cones, participants were instructed to (1) Continuously turn around the yellow cones, placed in an unpredictable pattern (2) Continuously turn around the cones in order of numbers on them, placed in an unpredictable pattern (3) Continuously turn around the cones in order of numbers and Chinese zodiac signs alternately, placed in an unpredictable pattern,(1) Muscles strengthening (2) Balance training (3) Walking (4) Motor-cognitive training,No intervention, only telephone calls to the participants once a week;Experimental Other,Experimental Other,No Intervention No treatment;Complex walking,Motor-cognitive training,Control group Primary outcome: Brain activity assess after enrollment functional near-infrared spectroscope (fNIRS),Obstacle-crossing performance assess after enrollment GaitRite system,Obstacle-crossing gait assess after enrollment Gait up Secondary outcome: Global cognitive function assess after enrollment Montreal Cognitive Assessment,Executive function assess after enrollment Verbal Fluency Test,Attention assess after enrollment Digit Span Test,Visuospatial assess after enrollment Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure test,Usual walking performance assess after enrollment Gait up,Balance assess after enrollment Timed up and go,Motor symptom assess after enrollment Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale-Part III,Falls risk assess after enrollment Falls Efficacy Scale International,Quality of life assess after enrollment Parkinson's disease questionnaire-39 item

Conditions reported: Parkinson's disease with or without mild cognitive impairment Parkinson's disease Mild cognitive impairment;Parkinson's disease Mild cognitive impairment

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TCTR · TCTR20210420003 ↗ — Recruiting; WHO ICTRP processed 2026-08-03; checked 2026-10-13

Study type: Interventional
Interventions: 3 lanes (3 m width by 8 m length) were delineated by yellow and orange cones, participants were instructed to (1) Continuously turn around the yellow cones, placed in an unpredictable pattern (2) Continuously turn around the cones in order of numbers on them, placed in an unpredictable pattern (3) Continuously turn around the cones in order of numbers and Chinese zodiac signs alternately, placed in an unpredictable pattern,(1) Muscles strengthening (2) Balance training (3) Walking (4) Motor-cognitive training,No intervention, only telephone calls to the participants once a week;Experimental Other,Experimental Other,No Intervention No treatment;Complex walking,Motor-cognitive training,Control group
Phases: Phase 2
Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Start date reported by registry: 2021-03-18 (reported)

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

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Ray Yau Wang · 886228267210 · rywang@ym.edu.tw

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Taiwan

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