Cognitive Training in Parkinson's Disease

University Hospital Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Mental Competence

Treatments: Other: Cognitive Training; Other: computer game

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01393353

UHBS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study evaluates a computerized cognitive therapy in patients with Parkinson's disease who have a mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. The control group is "trained" using Nintendo Wii. The main outcome parameter is a neuropsychological evaluation.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parkinson's disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or mild dementia

Exclusion criteria

• Moderate or severe dementia, other pathologies of the brain, physical conditions that prevent the participation, unsufficient knowledge of german, pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Computer game

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Nintendo Wii

Treatment:

Other: computer game

Cognitive Training with Cogniplus

Experimental group

Description:

CogniPlus

Treatment:

Other: Cognitive Training