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title: Improve everyday walking after training
nct_id: NCT07351032
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: McGill University
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT07351032"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07351032"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:04:14.016Z"
source: "Parkinson's Pathways (curated)"
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# Improve everyday walking after training

**Goal (in five words):** Improve everyday walking after training

**Official Title:** Neural Mechanism of Skill Transfer in Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT07351032](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07351032)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** McGill University
- **Target Enrollment:** 24 participants
- **Start Date:** 2025-11-18
- **Completion Date:** 2026-05
- **Conditions:** PARKINSON DISEASE (Disorder)
- **Interventions:** Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Active, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Sham
- **Intervention Types:** OTHER

## Summary For Families

The goal is to understand and improve how people with Parkinson's transfer newly learned walking skills from practice into everyday steps, because that kind of skill transfer can break down with the disease. The approach pairs split-belt treadmill training with either active or sham transcranial magnetic stimulation, a noninvasive method that uses brief magnetic pulses to temporarily boost or suppress activity in motor brain areas to see if changing brain excitability helps learning stick. Because TMS acts on brain circuits rather than using a drug, the team can directly test neural mechanisms of skill transfer. They are looking for about 24 people aged 50 or older with confirmed idiopathic Parkinson's who can walk 30 minutes unaided, have no freezing of gait or deep brain stimulator, and have normal-ish cognition (MoCA ≥ 25).

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 50 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

```
Inclusion Criteria:

* a confirmed diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease
* absence of freezing of gait confirmed by a "No" answer to the second item of the New Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (NFOGQ) and no observation of FOG during a freezing provoking test
* no other neurological diagnosis
* no severe musculoskeletal/orthopedic or vestibular condition that interferes with walking and or significantly affects balance
* no mild cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment ≥ 25)
* able to walk independently and without assistive device for 30 minutes
* no previous experience with split-belt treadmill.

Exclusion Criteria:

* severe dyskinesia that interacts with walking and balance hearing or visual impairment
* observed inability to walk safely on a tied-belt treadmill
* neurological disorders other than PD or other pathology (e.g., orthopedic) interfering with mobility. - contradiction for TMS
* implanted deep brain stimulator.
```

## Locations (1)

- McGill University - Currie Gymnasium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada _(45.5088, -73.5878)_
  - Tomoha Ogawa, BA — (CONTACT) — 514-398-2488 — hbcl@mcgill.ca
  - Caroline Paquette, PhD — (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

## Central Contacts

- Tomoha Ogawa, BA — (CONTACT) — 514-398-2488 — hbcl@mcgill.ca

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