Telemedicine Intervention in Patients With Chronic Pain in PD

Description

Pain is a very common and disabling symptom in Parkinson's disease, yet it is often untreated. This study will assess the impact of home-based physical and cognitive exercise interventions to reduce pain in this disease. This approach would offer an easily implemented and affordable way to encourage and maintain use of these interventions by patients virtually indefinitely through remote access technology. The study findings may help VA clinicians provide optimal care for the many Veterans with Parkinson's disease and chronic pain.

Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Pain is a very common and disabling symptom in Parkinson's disease, yet it is often untreated. This study will assess the impact of home-based physical and cognitive exercise interventions to reduce pain in this disease. This approach would offer an easily implemented and affordable way to encourage and maintain use of these interventions by patients virtually indefinitely through remote access technology. The study findings may help VA clinicians provide optimal care for the many Veterans with Parkinson's disease and chronic pain.

Telemedicine Intervention in Patients With Chronic Pain in PD

Telemedicine Intervention in Patients With Chronic Pain in PD

Condition
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Boston

VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130-4817

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

  • * Physician diagnosis of idiopathic PD
  • * At least 2 of the 3 cardinal signs of PD (resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia)
  • * Response to dopaminergic medication
  • * Angina pectoris
  • * History of myocardial infarction (MI) within 6 months
  • * History of ventricular dysrhythmia requiring current therapy

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to 89 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

VA Office of Research and Development,

David William Sparrow, DSc, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Study Record Dates

2026-10-31