Development of a Face Valid Executive Functioning Task

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00918112

Acronym

MedTask

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-11

Start date

2004-09-30

Completion date

2016-11-30

Last updated

2022-03-31

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Conditions

Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

Parkinson's Disease

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a task to measure executive thinking skills that can be performed in a laboratory setting, but has clear parallels to the thinking demands of real life situations, and can be administered to patients such as those with Parkinson's who have difficulty moving.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Brief Inclusion Criteria Parkinson's Disease (PD) group: * Must have definite PD * have clear benefit from levodopa Brief

Exclusion criteria

PD Group and Control: * Hx of stroke * Head injury * Visual loss

Countries

United States

Outcome results