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Prism Adaptation Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

NCT02380859 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2019-03-25

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Summary

Subjects diagnosed with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease, between ages of 40-85 inclusive, who have been referred for gait training. Since there can be subtle differences in the brain organization of left- and right-handed people that may influence some of the measurements, right handed participants are preferred. However, a left handed participant may be considered. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups to undergo two weeks of twice-daily sessions. Group A receiving goggles fitted with lenses that distort vision and Group B patients receiving sham goggles

Conditions

  • Parkinson

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Prism adaptation

Prism adaptation is one type of sensorimotor adaptation. Prism adaptation described any adaptation to a prismatic shift in vision (i.e. any magnitude or direction of shift). In this study we are using adaptation to upward-shifting prisms, which induces a downward sensorimotor after-effect.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephen L. Lee, MD, PhD · Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-02-28
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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