Endurance Exercise & Virtual Reality for Optimizing Cortical Excitability and Neuroplasticity in PD

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

16

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 9, 2024

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2025

Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

High intensity endurance exercise

High intensity interval exercise on a recumbent stepper for 30 minutes, 3 days per week.

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching exercise

Stretches of face, neck, upper extremity, trunk and lower extremity muscles including whole body stretches for 30 minutes, 3 days per week.

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual reality (VR)-based gaming

VR games will involve games that challenge balance such as reaching different targets during activities such as sit to stand, dodging obstacles etc. Participants will play approximately 6 games for 30 minutes, 3 days a week.

Trial Locations (1)

78229

RECRUITING

UT Health San Antonio- Dept. of Physical Therapy, San Antonio

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

NIH

lead

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

OTHER

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