Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease

Description

This study asks three questions about Persons with Parkinson Disease that use a bicycle for exercise. 1. Does the use of virtual reality increase the intensity and and enjoyment of the experience compared to bicycling without virtual reality? 2. Does the way in which the bicycling (interval compared to continous) is performed affect the experience? 3. How does the way the virtual reality is delivered (with goggles or projected on a screen) affect the experience?

Conditions

Parkinson Disease

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Study overview

This study asks three questions about Persons with Parkinson Disease that use a bicycle for exercise. 1. Does the use of virtual reality increase the intensity and and enjoyment of the experience compared to bicycling without virtual reality? 2. Does the way in which the bicycling (interval compared to continous) is performed affect the experience? 3. How does the way the virtual reality is delivered (with goggles or projected on a screen) affect the experience?

Virtual Cycling Environments (VCYCLE) Increases Exercise Intensity of Persons With Parkinson Disease

Virtual Cycling Environments for Persons With Parkinson Disease

Condition
Parkinson Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Newark

School of Health Professions, Newark, New Jersey, United States, 07011

Old Westbury

New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, New York, United States, 11568

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
  • 2. Hoehn and Yahr stages II-III,
  • 3. 45-75 years old
  • 4. able to ride a stationary upright bicycle
  • 5. able to sign informed consent.
  • 1. Have a recent history of severe heart disease, severe lung disease, uncontrolled diabetes, traumatic brain injury or neurological disorder other than Parkinson Disease.
  • 2. Are unable to follow directions or sign a consent form
  • 3. Do not have adequate vision or hearing ability to see or hear a television
  • 4. Have unstable medical condition or musculoskeletal disorder such as severe arthritis, recent knee surgery, hip surgery, or any other condition that the investigators determine would impair the ability to ride the bicycle
  • 5. Have any other medical condition that prevents bicycling
  • 6. Have moderate depression

Ages Eligible for Study

45 Years to 75 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey,

Judith E. Deutsch, PT PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Rutgers

Study Record Dates

2026-12-30