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title: Improve walking using auditory cueing
nct_id: NCT06142448
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Radboud University Medical Center
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06142448"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06142448"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:03:33.516Z"
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# Improve walking using auditory cueing

**Goal (in five words):** Improve walking using auditory cueing

**Official Title:** Unravelling the Neural Mechanisms Underlying Compensation Strategies for Gait Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: a Transnational, Multimodal Approach

**Trial ID:** [NCT06142448](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06142448)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Radboud University Medical Center
- **Target Enrollment:** 384 participants
- **Start Date:** 2023-12-01
- **Completion Date:** 2026-12-01
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Cueing app
- **Intervention Types:** DEVICE

## Summary For Families

Goal: Learn how the brain uses external compensation strategies to improve walking problems in Parkinson's, like slow steps, unstable rhythm, and freezing, so clinicians can target the right neural pathways. Approach: Participants use a cueing app that delivers timed external signals, usually rhythmic auditory beats, to guide step timing and spacing, engaging attention and alternative motor circuits to bypass impaired automatic gait control. Eligibility: Adults 18 and older with idiopathic Parkinson's who can walk at least three minutes unaided (a cane is allowed), who have not used daily compensation strategies in the past month, and who do not have deep brain stimulation, severe hearing loss, or significant cognitive impairment (MMSE <21).

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Men and women of age \> 18 years with idiopathic Parkinson's disease;
* Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Daily usage of compensation strategies for the past month;
* Presence of deep brain stimulation (DBS);
* Presence of severe co-morbidity limiting ambulation (e.g. stroke, orthopaedic problems);
* Inability to walk unaided (with the exception of a customary cane);
* Inability to walk for \> 3 minutes consecutively;
* Severe auditory impairments, hampering perception of auditory cues;
* Severe cognitive impairment (MMSE \< 21)
```

## Locations (1)

- Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands _(51.8425, 5.8528)_
  - Cindel Albers — (CONTACT) — cindel.albers@radboudumc.nl

## Central Contacts

- Cindel Albers — (CONTACT) — (024) 366 84 26 — cindel.albers@radboudumc.nl

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