Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2017-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare characteristics of gait and balance measured among patients with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders separated into 3 groups according to the stage of disease (i.e., pre-dementia, mild and moderate dementia stages); to determine the effects of anti-dementia drugs and vitamin D on cognitive motor abnormalities; and to establish a database at Angers University Memory Centre.

• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Angers
• Treatments: Ergocalciferols; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All elderly patients from the University Memory Center of Angers University Hospital.

• Able to walk without any walking aid on 15 meters

• Mini-Mental Status Examination score > 10

• Being affiliated to a social security regime

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mini-Mental Status Examination score ≤ 10

• Subject suffering from pre-existing impellent disturbances

• History of cerebrovascular accident or other cerebro-spinal pathology

• Poor workmanship of the written or oral French language

• Use of walking aid such as walking frame with wheels or tricycle.

• Acute medical or surgical disease in the past 3 months

• Refusal to participate (or trustworthy person)

• Near visual acuity < 2/10