Development of a Face Valid Executive Functioning Task (MedTask)

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Parkinson's Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00918112

04-0841

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion 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

Trial design

20 participants in 2 patient groups

Parkinson's Disease

Description:

Meets criteria for definite Parkinson's Disease

Healthy Controls

Description:

- Must be in good health