Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease

ConditionParkinson Disease

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age45-75

SponsorRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

About this trial

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?

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease

Hoehn and Yahr stages II-III,

45-75 years old

able to ride a stationary upright bicycle

Disqualifiers

Have a recent history of severe heart disease, severe lung disease, uncontrolled diabetes, traumatic brain injury or neurological disorder other than Parkinson Disease.

Are unable to follow directions or sign a consent form

Do not have adequate vision or hearing ability to see or hear a television

Have unstable medical condition or musculoskeletal disorder such as severe arthritis, recent knee surgery, hip surgery, or any other condition that the investigators determine would impair the ability to ride the bicycle

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

Bicycling with and without virtual reality
Other intervention
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.

Treatment groups

60 Participants

are divided into 1 treatment group

Group A: Virtual RealityOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Neuromuscular Intensity

bicycling cadence collected continuously

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

Physiological Responses to Exercise- Oxygen Consumption

Metabolic equivalents derived from oxygen consumption which is collected continuously during four exercise bouts.

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

Enjoyment-Motivation

Intrinsic Motivation Inventory Enjoyment sub-scales collected at the end of each exercise bout

Time frame

Collected 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

Heart Rate % of maximum

Collected continuously during exercise bouts and will be evaluated as a % of age adjusted maximum heart rate

Time frame

Collected 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

Secondary outcomes

Borg Scale for Rate of perceived exertion

Self-Report of Effort collected at a multiple time points to compare with exercise bouts

Time frame

Collected in both Day 1 and 2 (each day is two hours) as follows: Day 1 (4 times in each of the two cycling bouts) Day 2 (6 times each of the four cycling bouts)

Cyber sickness Questionnaire

16 item questionnaire about feelings or symptoms of cyber sickness

Time frame

Collected in Day 1 (2 hour session) twice to compare before and after scores

Perceived Effort Ranking

Rating of Bicycling Conditions relative to each other (and audio recording of experience)

Time frame

Collected in once in day 1 and once in day 2

Enjoyment Ranking

Rating of Bicycling Conditions relative to each other (and audio recording of experience)

Time frame

Collected in once in day 1 and once in day 2

Other outcomes

UPDRS-III Subscale

Description of Motor Performance Scored from 0-108 a lower score is better outcome

Time frame

Collected once in Day 1

Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly

Exercise Inventory Questionnaire

Time frame

Collected once in Day 1

Geriatric Depression Scale (short form)

15 item inventory to rate depression (scored from 0-15 with a lower score being better)

Time frame

Collected once during Day 0 (screening)

Sponsors and contacts

Click on the lead sponsor to view all of their trials.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Collaborator

New York Institute of Technology

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

Apply now