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Establishing the Central and Peripheral Fatigue Indexes and VR Based Anti-fatigue Training Paradigm for Individuals With Parkinson Disease

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Parkinson's Disease (PD)
Registration Number
NCT02017938
Lead Sponsor
Chang Gung University
Brief Summary

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in individuals with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Past researches indicated that more than half of the individuals with PD demonstrated fatigue symptom. The severity of fatigue was also correlated to the quality of life in individuals with PD. Finding the contributions of the central and the peripheral factors to fatigue, building reliable fatigue indexes, and developing an effective training program for individuals with PD are very important.

The purpose of this project is to develop non-invasive method to monitor central and peripheral fatigue, to establish Virtual Reality(VR) anti-fatigue ergo cycling training paradigm, and to evaluate the long term training effect in individuals with PD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
31
Inclusion Criteria
  • Clinical diagnosis of Parkinson disease
  • Hoehn and Yahr ≦3
Exclusion Criteria
  • Musculoskeletal injuries
  • Osteoporosis
  • Diabetes
  • Any peripheral or central nervous system injury or disease patients

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Muscle twitch forcebaseline, 1 week

Measure of changes in muscle twitch force by interpolation twitch technique.

Muscle voluntary activity levelBaseline,1 week

Measure of changes in muscle voluntary activity level by interpolation twitch technique.

Heart rate/Heart rate variabilityBaseline,1 week

Measure of changes in Heart rate/Heart rate variability.

Borg's rate of perceived exertionBaseline,1 week

Measure of changes in Borg's rate of perceived exertion.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chang Gung University

🇨🇳

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Chang Gung University
🇨🇳Taoyuan, Taiwan

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