KU Leuven
PD-CLASS: The effects of Closed-Loop Auditory Stimulation during Sleep on sleep quality and motor learning in Parkinson’s disease
2023
Leuven
Projet mené par Moran Gilat : 'Sleep facilitates motor learning and is critical for our health. People with Parkinson’s disease (PD) suffer from sleep problems that severely affect their wellbeing. Poor sleep also impairs motor learning, which hampers rehabilitation effects. We thus want to test whether closed-loop auditory stimulation can improve sleep while at the same time facilitate motor learning in PD. If proven effective, two main problems are addressed with an automated solution that requires no effort of the patient'