TITLE OF STUDY:
Evaluating the efficacy of non-invasive cerebellar stimulation in subjects with Parkinson’s Disease.
TESTED THESIS:
An increasing number of scientific articles are evoking the potential role of the cerebellum in certain neurological diseases, including Parkinson’s disease. The cerebellum could play a considerable role in the balance and walking disorders associated with the disease.
The ULB researchers in charge of this study aim to test volunteers using a dynamic posture analysis platform, a motion capture system and recordings of motor evoked potentials, before and after non-invasive stimulation of the cerebellum. The study will help to assess whether stimulation in this way improves movement control, including posture and balance.
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Adult patients.
No other problems affecting posture or walking.
No pace-maker, intracranial clips or other cerebral implant.
Not pregnant.
LOCATION:
Half a day on site, at the Erasme Hospital in Brussels (3 hours max), to be repeated once if possible.
PROCEDURE:
Posture analyses will be carried out before and after installation of an anode (‘wet sponge’ style) on the skull and a cathode on the shoulder (non-invasive procedure). These analyses are necessary to objectively quantify the changes associated with stimulation. This stimulation has no side-effects (and is easy for patients to set up themselves).
REIMBURSEMENT/COMPENSATION:
Not defined at this stage
LANGUAGES SPOKEN:
French, English, (Dutch)
CONTACT DATA:
Dr Pierre Cabaraux, neurologist HUB Erasme Hospital; pierre.cabaraux@hubruxelles.be
This study is supported by the FNRS.
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