Parkinson's patients try App-Based walking coach at home
NCT ID NCT07380737
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests whether a smartphone app called Walking Tall can help people with Parkinson's disease improve their walking. Thirty participants will use the app at home for 6 weeks, doing walking exercises with audio cues and prompts. Researchers will measure step counts, walking speed, balance, and how easy the app is to use.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Walking Tall smartphone app (behavioral intervention using rhythmic auditory cues and verbal prompts)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, home-based way to improve walking and balance for people with Parkinson's disease.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The app is not a treatment for Parkinson's itself, only a training tool.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (MDS criteria); * Hoehn \& Yahr stage II-III (ON-medication state); * Able to walk independently for ≥5 minutes; * Stable medication for ≥1 month; * Currently enrolled in a rehab program at Ezra LeMarpe; * Able to provide written informed consent; Exclusion Criteria: * Musculoskeletal, neurological, or visual/hearing impairments affecting gait; * Cognitive impairments or severe behavioral symptoms; * History of stroke, severe TBI, or brain tumor; * Cardiovascular contraindications; * Inability to use a smartphone; * Participation in other concurrent intervention studies.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital)
RECRUITINGTel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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