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title: Reduce falls by improving balance
nct_id: NCT06598891
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: Chang Gung University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT06598891"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06598891"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:06:37.816Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Reduce falls by improving balance

**Goal (in five words):** Reduce falls by improving balance

**Official Title:** Effect of Combined PAS Balance Training on Individuals With PD

**Trial ID:** [NCT06598891](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06598891)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** Chang Gung University
- **Target Enrollment:** 60 participants
- **Start Date:** 2024-10-09
- **Completion Date:** 2026-05
- **Conditions:** PD - Parkinson's Disease
- **Interventions:** Weight shift training and APA feedback, Paired associative stimulation
- **Intervention Types:** PROCEDURE

## Summary For Families

The goal is to improve balance by strengthening the anticipatory postural adjustments that help you shift weight quickly and avoid trips or falls. The approach pairs guided weight-shift training with real-time APA feedback, alongside paired associative stimulation, a noninvasive method that times mild peripheral nerve pulses with magnetic stimulation of the motor cortex to strengthen brain-to-muscle connections and boost learning from the training. Because it is a non-drug intervention, it does not change how levodopa works and is meant to complement your usual medications, not replace them. The study is looking for about 60 adults aged 20 and up with a clinical Parkinson disease diagnosis, excluding people with leg musculoskeletal injuries, osteoporosis, or other peripheral or central nervous system conditions.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 20 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

\- Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Musculoskeletal injuries on legs
* Osteoporosis.
* Any peripheral or central nervous system injury or disease patients.
```

## Locations (1)

- Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan _(24.9937, 121.2970)_
  - Ya-Ju Chang, PhD — (CONTACT) — 88632118800 — yjchang@mail.cgu.edu.tw

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