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Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease
NCT04804202 · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Official title
Virtual Cycling Environments (VCYCLE) Increases Exercise Intensity of Persons With Parkinson Disease
About this study
Participants attend two sessions. They complete movement assessments and questionnaires about physical activity. During the first session they bicycle in a semi-immersive (projected on a screen) and an immersive (with googles) virtual environment. After each bout they completed a questionnaire about the experience. In the second session they bicycle four times with and without a virtual environment using both a continous and interval mode. Their oxygen consumption is measured during cycling. They complete questionnaires after each exercise bout.
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
2. Hoehn and Yahr stages II-III,
3. 45-75 years old
4. able to ride a stationary upright bicycle
5. able to sign informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Have a recent history of severe heart disease, severe lung disease, uncontrolled diabetes, traumatic brain injury or neurological disorder other than Parkinson Disease.
2. Are unable to follow directions or sign a consent form
3. Do not have adequate vision or hearing ability to see or hear a television
4. 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
5. Have any other medical condition that prevents bicycling
6. Have moderate depression
Study design
Enrollment target: 60 participants
Allocation: na
Masking: none
Age groups: adult, older_adult
Timeline
Starts: 2021-02-08
Estimated completion: 2026-12-30
Last updated: 2025-05-23
Interventions
Other: Bicycling with and without virtual reality
Primary outcomes
- • Neuromuscular Intensity (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 (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 (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)
Sponsor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · other
With: National Institute on Aging (NIA), New York Institute of Technology
Contacts & investigators
ContactJudith Deutsch, PT, PhD · contact · deutsch@rutgers.edu · 973-972-2373
ContactSharon McFarlane · contact · mcfarlsb@research.rutgers.edu · 9739720281
InvestigatorJudith E. Deutsch, PT PhD · principal_investigator, Rutgers
All locations (2)
School of Health ProfessionsRecruiting
Newark, New Jersey, United States
New York Institute of TechnologyCompleted
Old Westbury, New York, United States