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title: Improve walking through cognitive rehabilitation
nct_id: NCT06588920
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
study_type: OBSERVATIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06588920"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06588920"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:02:22.716Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Improve walking through cognitive rehabilitation

**Goal (in five words):** Improve walking through cognitive rehabilitation

**Official Title:** Brain Activity, Cognitive Function, and Walking Ability in People With Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT06588920](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06588920)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Sponsor:** National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
- **Target Enrollment:** 70 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-10-09
- **Completion Date:** 2027-08-31
- **Conditions:** Healthy Older Adults, Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Cognitive function, gait, and electroencephalogram
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

The goal is to map how brain electrical activity, thinking skills, and walking relate in people with Parkinson's compared with healthy older adults, to spot patterns that might explain mobility or thinking problems. The team will record EEG while you do walking and cognitive tests, plus measure gait, so they can link specific brain signals to changes in thinking or walking; it is observational, not a drug trial, and participants should be on stable dopaminergic medication so findings reflect the usual effect of levodopa or similar drugs. Looking for adults 40 to 80 with idiopathic Parkinson's who can walk 10 meters unaided, have an MMSE of 24 or higher, at least junior high education, and no prior brain surgery or other major neurological, musculoskeletal, or cardiopulmonary conditions.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 40 Years
- **Maximum age:** 80 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnoses of idiopathic Parkinson disease
* Stable dopaminergic medicine ≥ 2 weeks
* Able to walk 10 meters without aid
* Mini-Mental Status Examination ≥ 24 points
* No uncorrected visual or auditory disorders
* Education at least junior high school
* No other disease may affect balance

Exclusion Criteria:

* Other medical diagnoses of neurological, musculoskeletal, or cardiopulmonary disorders
* History of brain surgery (e.g. deep brain stimulation)
```

## Locations (2)

- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan _(25.0531, 121.5264)_
  - Yea-Ru Yang — (CONTACT) — yryang@nycu.edu.tw
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan _(25.0531, 121.5264)_
  - Yea-Ru Yang, Professor — (CONTACT) — 886-2-2826-7279 — yryang@nycu.edu.tw

## Central Contacts

- Yea-Ru Yang, PhD — (CONTACT) — +886228267279 — yryang@nycu.edu.tw

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*Canonical: https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06588920*  
*HTML version: https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06588920*  
*Source data: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06588920*