A Novel Virtual Reality Task in Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson Disease Clinical Trial

Official title: A Crossover Pilot Study of a Novel Virtual Reality Task in Parkinson's Disease Compared to a Group In-Person Rock Steady Boxing Program; Task Performance, Cognitive Outcomes, Perceptions, and Comparisons

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare experiences and effects of a virtual reality physical program to an in-person Rock Steady Boxing Program. People with Parkinson's disease, age 18 and up, who participate in Rock Steady Boxing weekly may join this study.

Clinical Trial Description

If you agree to be in this study, we will ask you to do the following things:

Provide basic information about yourself, complete tests of thinking on the computer and in person, participate in your regular Rock Steady boxing, and for three weeks replace your Rock Steady Boxing with a virtual reality game done with a headset. You will work independently with a study team member.

• Visit 1 or Visit 1 and 2 if split up: Beginning Measures/Demographics, Parkinson's disease symptoms, Cognition (about 45 minutes), VR training (30 minutes) or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour)

• Visit 2-5: Virtual Reality training (30 minutes or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour)

• Visit 6: Virtual Reality training (30 minutes) or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour), Cognitive measures (about 20 minutes)

• Visit 7: Cognitive measures (about 20 minutes), Virtual Reality training (30 minutes) or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour); Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (5 minutes)

• Visit 8-11: Virtual Reality training (30 minutes) or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour)

• Visit 12 or Visit 13 if baseline was split up: Virtual Reality training (30 minutes) or Regular Rock Steady Boxing (1 hour), Cognitive Measures (20 minutes), Intrinsic Motivation Inventory (5 minutes), End of Study Survey (5-10 minutes) ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Parkinson Disease

• NCT number: NCT05859308
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: New York Institute of Technology
• Contact: Amber Sousa, PhD
• Phone: 516-686-7698
• Email: asousa@nyit.edu
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 15, 2023
• Completion date: May 15, 2024