Respiratory Load Magnitude Estimation in PD
Completed
Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease, Aging
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine whether people with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience reduced perception of respiratory resistive loads versus healthy adults in the same age group. Further, the study will determine whether people with PD and trouble swallowing experience even more reduction of their perception of a respiratory resistive load.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02202057
- Run by
- University of Florida
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2014-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-09-19
Who can join
Age: 45 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Between the ages of 45 and 85
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Patient group: Diagnosis of PD, Hoehn and Yahr stages II - IV, by a UF Movement Disorders fellowship trained neurologist having completed a clinical assessment of each participant's PD severity and arriving at the diagnosis of PD by applying strict UF brain bank criteria.
- Healthy older adults: History of PD, or any other neurologic or neurodegenerative disease including stroke.
You may not qualify if…
- History of head and neck cancer, and radiation treatment to the head or neck
- History of breathing disorders or diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, lung cancer)
- History of smoking in the past 5 years, or for more than 5 years at any one time
- Severe cognitive deficits including dementia.
- Difficulty complying with protocol due to severe neuropsychological disorder (i.e., severe depression: 31 or greater on the BDI)
Where it is running
- University of Florida Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration — Gainesville, Florida, United States
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