Parkinson's Disease Clinical Trials
A listing of Parkinson's Disease medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.
Found 622 clinical trials
Adaptive Neurostimulation to Restore Sleep in Parkinson's Disease (Aim 2)
This study is aimed at testing the hypothesis that adaptive stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus (STN) drives changes in sleep episode maintenance and improves sleep quality. Investigators will directly test the efficacy of an adaptive stimulation protocol. Study subjects are adults with Parkinson's disease who experience inadequate motor symptom relief, …
Theta Deep Brain Stimulation for Cognitive Enhancement in Parkinson's Disease
Cognitive impairment is common in Parkinson's disease. A recent study demonstrated 40% of people with PD suffer from mild cognitive impairment and > 80% of patients develop dementia after a disease duration of 20 years. Cognitive impairment significantly impairs quality of life and has limited treatment options. While the pathophysiology …
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease
Freezing of gait (FOG) is a severely disabling gait disorder in Parkinson's disease (PD). Its poor response to current therapies reflects the shortfall in current knowledge on its exact pathophysiology. Case series suggest a therapeutic promise of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for FOG, but double-blind randomised controlled trials with reliable …
Listener Training for Improved Intelligibility of People With Parkinson's Disease
Listener training offers a promising avenue for improving communication for people with dysarthria due to Parkinson's disease by offsetting the intelligibility burden from the patient onto their primary communication partners. Here, we employ a repeated-measures, randomized controlled trial to establish the efficacy of listener training for patients with PD and …
Biological Determinants and Neural Compensation of Dysphagia in Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and frequently leads to oropharyngeal dysphagia, a swallowing disorder that strongly affects patient health and quality of life. Dysphagia in PD is associated with aspiration pneumonia, malnutrition, and impaired medication intake, which together represent one of the leading causes of …
Upper Extremity Rehabilitation With Virtual Reality in Parkinson's Disease Patients
Upper extremities are the first part of the body to be affected by Parkinson's disease. Although studies have shown that virtual reality-assisted rehabilitation methods are effective on gait and balance, studies on their use for upper extremity rehabilitation are limited. For this reason, the aim of the project is to …
Revision of Deep Brain Stimulator in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's disease is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the central nervous system, particularly impairing movement control. It is associated with the loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain and typically occurs in middle age and beyond. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is considered when symptoms of Parkinson's disease, …
SpiroGym App-Aided Cough Rehabilitation
The pilot study by Srp et al. (2021) proved that the SpiroGym app was feasible for supporting expiratory muscle strength training (EMST) in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Two weeks of intensive EMST coupled with SpiroGym were sufficient to significantly improve the participants' voluntary peak cough flow (PCF). The improvement was …
Effects of Resistance and Aerobic Exercises on Walking and Sarcopenic Parameters in Parkinson's Disease
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of resistance and aerobic exercises on the following outcomes in patients with sarcopenic Parkinson's disease: Timed Up and Go Test (TUG), gait speed, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), handgrip strength, Five-Times Sit-to-Stand Test, and MDS-UPDRS Part II scores.
Validation of a Novel Functional Food Designed to Meet the Nutritional Needs of People Living with Parkinson's Disease
Constipation is a common complication and non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD) and affects up to 80% of people with PD. It is in fact within the non-motor symptoms that nutrition and dietetic intervention could have the greatest impact. Research suggests that increasing the amount of fibre in the diet …
