User-friendliness of a Portable Driving Simulator

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Conditions studied: Parkinson Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke

In brief

The use of simulators to retrain driving skills of patients with stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD), or multiple sclerosis (MS) is very limited because of cost, space required, and incidence of simulator sickness in high fidelity simulators. The Principal investigator recently developed a low cost low fidelity portable driving simulator (PDS). In this pilot study, the study team will (1) determine the ease of use and occurrence of simulator sickness while operating the low fidelity PDS in a clinic setting and (2) the efficacy of the low fidelity PDS to reproduce the benefits from retraining impaired driving skills of stroke survivors in a high-fidelity simulator. Participants: 30 participants, separated according to neurological condition including stroke, PD, or MS, will be randomly allocated to either the PDS or fixed-base high-fidelity simulator training. Each participant will undergo a pre-training evaluation, five hours of designated training and a post-training assessment, similar to the pre-training evaluation. Data will be analyzed according to study aims. The investigators hypothesize that the simple set up of the PDS will make it easier to use and better decrease the incidence of simulator sickness that typically leads to stopping therapy than the high-fidelity simulator. The investigators hypothesize that improvements in lane maintenance, adherence to speed limits, reaction to traffic lights, and overall reaction time after training using the PDS will not be significantly different from improvements observed after training using the high-fidelity driving simulator.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03969927

Run by

University of Kansas Medical Center

People needed

21

Starts

2019-08-28

Expected to finish

2025-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-07

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of a first ever stroke, PD, or MS
• Valid driver's licenses, ≥ 3 years driving experience,
• Mini-mental State Examination score ≥24, and
• Binocular acuity of at least 20/60 in compliance with state of Kansas driving laws

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of traumatic brain injury or any other neurological condition apart from stroke, PD, and MS.

Where it is running

• Abiodun Akinwuntan — Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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