Arm Reaching Control Study in Parkinson Disease
Studies how people with Parkinson disease and healthy volunteers control reaching movements.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Flexible Reaching Control in Parkinson Disease
Key facts
- Where
- Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 99 years old?
Source: NCT05908266, who can take part
Where in Belgium
- Université catholique de LouvainLouvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Université Catholique de Louvain
- Trial code
- NCT05908266
- Record updated
- 18 June 2023
- Original description
Current research and theories have highlighted that the parameters linked to movement planning, e.g. the decision to select a movement goal, and adaptation, e.g. the ability to update control dependent on a novel dynamical context, are update quickly and within an ongoing movement in the general population. In parallel, it has been suggested that the evaluation of movement costs is a function of the basal ganglia, and it is impaired in Parkinson disease (PD). Here the investigators want to test whether these mechanisms also alter the ability of patients to update control during an ongoing action. A positive result would confirm that movement-related costs and dynamical representations depend on the integrity of the basal ganglia, in contrast a negative result would indicate that the deficit in PD is more specifically related to movement initiation, which would invite one to reconsider the cause of bradykinesia in this population.Read full original descriptionShow less
Behavioural Study of Reaching Control in Healthy Volunteers and Volunteers With Parkinson Disease in Dynamical Context
Current research and theories have highlighted that the parameters linked to movement planning, e.g. the decision to select a movement goal, and adaptation, e.g. the ability to update control dependent on a novel dynamical context, are update quickly and within an ongoing movement in the general population. In parallel, it has been suggested that the evaluation of movement costs is a function of the basal ganglia, and it is impaired in Parkinson disease (PD). Here the investigators want to test whether these mechanisms also alter the ability of patients to update control during an ongoing action. A positive result would confirm that movement-related costs and dynamical representations depend on the integrity of the basal ganglia, in contrast a negative result would indicate that the deficit in PD is more specifically related to movement initiation, which would invite one to reconsider the cause of bradykinesia in this population.
Inclusion: Ability to perform the task (assessed during the experiment).
Exclusion: Inability to perform the task (motor) or to understand the task requirements (cognitive).