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Retraining Reaching in Cerebellar Ataxia

NCT03879018 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2025-09-05

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to test for benefits of reinforcement based training paradigm versus standard practice over weeks for improving reaching movements in people with ataxia.

Conditions

  • Cerebellar Ataxia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Reach training with visual feedback

Reach training will be accomplished using an Oculus Rift and Touch 3D headset. Active markers will be placed on the shoulder, elbow, wrist, and finger in order to capture limb movement in real time. During each training session, participants will first be familiarized with the task and then will reach from a home position to 4 virtual targets that are presented in the front of the participant and within the workspace where most natural arm movements are performed.Targets will be presented in a pseudorandom order and participants will reach a total of 400 times

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy J Bastian, PhD, PT · Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-01
Primary Completion
2026-04-01
Completion
2026-05-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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