Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease

Part of paid clinical trials in Newark, New Jersey.

Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Study ID
NCT04804202
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
45 Years - 75 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Bicycling with and without virtual reality — OTHER
    In one session: Exercise intensity and enjoyment are measured while participants bicycle in a virtual compared to non-virtual environment. Cycling takes places in two modes continous and interval. In a second session exercise intensity and enjoyment are compared during bicycling with virtual reality presented in two different ways.

Study Details

This study asks three questions about Persons with Parkinson Disease that use a bicycle for exercise. 1. Does the use of virtual reality increase the intensity and and enjoyment of the experience compared to bicycling without virtual reality? 2. Does the way in which the bicycling (interval compared to continous) is performed affect the experience? 3. How does the way the virtual reality is delivered (with goggles or projected on a screen) affect the experience?

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 8, 2021
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Aug 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 30, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Other: Virtual Reality
    This is a single arm study in which all participants will execute the same tasks over two sessions.

Primary Outcome Measure

Neuromuscular Intensity [ Time Frame: Collected 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 ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
School of Health ProfessionsNewarkNew Jersey07011
Judith E. Deutsch
[email protected]
9739722373
New York Institute of TechnologyOld WestburyNew York11568-

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