Reliability of dual task 10m walk for people with parkinson's disease
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Investigation into the reliability of Dual Tasking Outcome Measures for People with Parksinson's Disease.
IRAS ID
277503
Contact name
Gina Turner
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Hallam University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 21 days
Research summary
People with Parkinson's Disease (PD) often experience problems when walking and doing another task at the same time (Dual Tasking or DT), which can cause changes to their walking pattern. This may increase the risk of falls and injury. This study is designed to look at the reliability of measures of DT problems for people with PD, that can be conducted easily in a clinic or patient's home.
We propose to recruit people from the local PD Warrior Programme (a high intensity exercise programme for people with PD) who have completed at least 10 weeks on the programme. Testing will take place at Odstock Medical Ltd (OML). in the Glanville Centre at Salisbury Hospital.
Participants will initially be asked about their PD Symptoms and required to complete a memory and cognition test (the SCOPA-cog) designed for people with PD. They will be asked to carry out 4, 10 metre timed walks under 4 different conditions. 1. Walking only 2. Doing an arithmetic test 3. Carrying out a memory task 4. swopping a counter from hand to hand. This will take approximately 30 minutes.
One week later at the same time of day, they will be asked to repeat the walking tests (with some minor changes to the mental tasks to prevent practice effects). This will take approximately 10 minutes.
The time taken and the number of steps to complete each test will be recorded. The results will then be compared between the first set of tests and second set (one week later). The data will be analysed as to whether the test results are suitably similar to be classed as a reliable measure of the effect of DT on the walking pattern of people with PD.
REC name
London - Stanmore Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/LO/0544
Date of REC Opinion
18 May 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion