Virtual Cycling Environments for Parkinson Disease
This study is looking at how virtual reality affects exercise for people with Parkinson's disease. Researchers want to see if bicycling with virtual reality, using either goggles or a screen, makes exercise more enjoyable and intense compared to bicycling without virtual reality. They also want to know if continuous cycling or interval cycling (cycling with breaks) changes the experience. You might be able to join if you are 45-75 years old, have Parkinson's disease (Hoehn and Yahr stages II-III), and can ride a stationary bicycle. The study will measure how much you enjoy the exercise and your physical responses, like oxygen use. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This is an interventional study planning to enroll 60 participants. It compares different ways of bicycling (with and without virtual reality, and continuous versus interval) to see their effects.
- What's involved
- You would attend two sessions, each lasting about two hours. During these sessions, you would complete movement assessments, questionnaires, and bicycle in different virtual and non-virtual environments.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Your neuromuscular intensity, physiological responses, and enjoyment will be measured continuously during the two sessions.
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Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease
At a glance
Conditions
NCT04804202
Where you'd take part
This study runs at 2 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.
School of Health Professions
Newark, New Jerseystudy coordinator listed
Recruiting
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, New Yorkno site contact published
Completed
Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.
Study leadership
- Judith E. Deutsch, PT PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Rutgers
Who to contact
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What this trial measures
- Neuromuscular IntensityCollected in two sessions: Session 1(day 1 for 2 hours) collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts.____Session 2 (day 2 for 2 hours) collected continuously in four exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts
bicycling cadence collected continuously
- Physiological Responses to Exercise- Oxygen ConsumptionCollected in two sessions: Session 1(day 1 for 2 hours) collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts___ Session 2 (day 2 for 2 hours) collected continuously in four exercise bouts to compare exercise bouts
Metabolic equivalents derived from oxygen consumption which is collected continuously during four exercise bouts.
- Enjoyment-MotivationCollected in two sessions: Session 1 collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts in a 2 hour Session 2: in four exercise bouts in a 2 hour session to compare exercise bouts
Intrinsic Motivation Inventory Enjoyment sub-scales collected at the end of each exercise bout
- Heart Rate % of maximumCollected in two sessions: Session 1 collected continuously during 2 exercise bouts in a 2 hour Session 2: in four exercise bouts in a 2 hour session to compare exercise bouts
Collected continuously during exercise bouts and will be evaluated as a % of age adjusted maximum heart rate