Exogenous Effects of Standard Medical Care (Dopamine) on Motor Learning of an Upper Limb Task in Parkinson Disease

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Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease

In brief

The study determines whether standard medical care (dopamine) affects learning and retention of an upper limb feeding task in people with Parkinson's disease (PD) and whether training on the feeding task generalises to performance on an untrained upper limb buttoning task. Half the participants will train on the feeding task after they have taken their first dose of dopamine for the day (i.e. "on" medication state), while the other half will train on the same feeding task before taking their first daily dose of dopamine (i.e. "off" medication state).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02600858

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

23

Starts

2016-01-01

Expected to finish

2017-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-22

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Idiopathic Parkinson's disease confirmed by neurologist
• Hoehn and Yahr stages 1 to 3
• On a stable dose of antiparkinsonian medication for the past month and will continue on this regime for at least another subsequent month
• Walks unaided

You may not qualify if…

• Not taking dopamine replacement therapy
• With prior surgical management for PD (e.g. deep brain stimulation)
• With medication-resistant freezing of gait
• Significant cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <18)
• Unstable medical conditions
• Other neurological conditions
• Unable to follow instructions or safely complete the training tasks

Where it is running

• University of Utah — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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