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PC-based Rehabilitation of Motor Planning Deficits in Parkinson Disease
In Brief
A Early Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating PC based training for Parkinson's Disease. Completed, enrolled 54 participants.
Detailed Summary
We are testing a computer game-style rehabilitation program for people with Parkinson's disease (PD). People with PD often have difficulty with motor planning, such as initiating or starting movements. We believe that our program will improve performance on a movement initiation task as well as on activities of daily living, such as walking, preparing a meal or opening a medicine bottle. We will measure brain function using functional MRI before and after training to identify brain areas that are involved in improved performance. If effective, computer based training will be an inexpensive treatment for motor planning deficits in PD that is free from side effects and easy to administer to a large number of patients.
Study Details
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Interventions
Subjects sit at a computer and type a string of numbers that appears on the screen. As performance improves (# correct), the strings of numbers get longer. They are then instructed to repeat the string from memory. Performing these key entries from memory is a test of internally generated movement initiation.