Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of Delaware

Code:

NCT04616508

Conditions

Motor Control

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

motor control assessment

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study aims to better understand how people with Parkinson's control reaching movements. Specifically, we are asking how these individuals respond to different environmental perturbations. Testing includes reaching movements made within a virtual reality set-up.

Conditions

Motor Control

Parkinson Disease

Study ID

NCT04616508

Start date

Dec 12, 2018

Status verified date

Oct, 2020

Completion date

Dec 12, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 12, 2024

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion criteria (all participants):

  • Age 18-85 years
  • Able to perform reaching movements of \~20 cm (8 inches)
  • MMSE score ≥ 26/30
  • Willing and able to attend all testing sessions

Inclusion criteria (PD group only):

  • Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease per self report
  • Currently taking dopaminergic/dopamine agonist medication

Exclusion criteria (all participants):

  • Any chronic or recent upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions that affects reaching
  • Any neurological disorders other than Parkinson's disease (e.g., seizure disorders, closed head injuries with loss of consciousness greater than 15 minutes, CNS neoplasm, history of stroke)

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Behavioral testing

Interventions

motor control assessment

Basic science study of control of reaching movements

Primary outcome measure

  • End-point errors [ Time Frame: during intervention ]
  • Reaction times [ Time Frame: during intervention ]
  • Movement times [ Time Frame: during intervention ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Hyosub Kim, PhD

302-831-4263hyosub@udel.edu

Locations

University of Delaware

Recruiting

Newark, Delaware, United States, 19713

Principal Investigator:

Hyosub Kim, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Delaware

Last update posted

Nov 5, 2020

Last verified

Oct, 2020

Keywords

  • motor control
  • Parkinson disease
  • motor learning

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Delaware on 2020-11-05.