Speed of Processing Training in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Healthy Older Adults

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Conditions studied: Parkinson's Disease

In brief

The purpose of this prospective, within-subject randomized cross-over design study is to determine if a computer training program (Speed of Processing Training - SOPT) improves safe pedestrian behavior in patients with Parkinson's disease and in healthy older adults in a virtual reality pedestrian environment. Pedestrian injury poses significant risk to healthy older adults and patients with Parkinson's disease. Several age-related changes, including slowing of visual processing speed, increase risky pedestrian behavior. This study will determine if SOPT improves pedestrian behavior in patients with Parkinson's disease and healthy older adults and evaluate the persistence of the SOPT training effects.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02929758
Run by
University of Alabama at Birmingham
People needed
88
Starts
2015-02-01
Expected to finish
2018-02-01
Last updated by the study team
2018-03-26

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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