Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease

NCT ID: NCT04804202

Last Updated: 2025-05-23

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-08
• Study Completion Date: 2026-12-30

Brief Summary

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?

Detailed Description

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.

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Virtual Reality

This is a single arm study in which all participants will execute the same tasks over two sessions.

Group Type: OTHER

Bicycling with and without virtual reality

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

Bicycling with and without virtual reality

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 45 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 75 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

New York Institute of Technology

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Judith E Deutsch, PT, PhD

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Judith E. Deutsch, PT PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rutgers

Locations

School of Health Professions

Newark, New Jersey, United States

Site Status: RECRUITING

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York, United States

Site Status: COMPLETED

Countries

United States

Central Contacts

Judith Deutsch, PT, PhD

Role: CONTACT

deutsch@rutgers.edu

973-972-2373

Sharon McFarlane

Role: CONTACT

mcfarlsb@research.rutgers.edu

9739720281

Facility Contacts

Judith E. Deutsch

Role: primary

deutsch@rutgers.edu

9739722373

Other Identifiers

R15AG063348-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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Pro202000518

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id