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NCT07697664
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Moving Yourself in Space and Time: MYSTIC

Sponsor: Emory University

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Summary

This study is being done to answer the question: Do people with Parkinson's benefit from a new stepping therapy, and how do people with Parkinson's best learn new steps and rhythms set to music? Researchers will also compare individuals with Parkinson's Disease with people with Mild Cognitive Impairment, and with people with neither of these conditions. The purpose of this study is to identify principles of human-music interactions to establish underlying guiding theories for application to music-based rehabilitation for older populations with neurodegenerative disease, leading to more refined and targeted music-based rhythmic movement therapies.

Official title: Moving Yourself in Space and Time Identifying Spatial and Temporal Components of Complex Rhythmic Movement Training for People With Parkinson's Disease and Cognitive Impairment

Key Details

Gender

All

Age Range

18 Years - 79 Years

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Enrollment

210

Start Date

2022-03-25

Completion Date

2028-12

Last Updated

2026-07-13

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Interventions

OTHER

Complex Rhythmic Movement Sequences (CRMS) Sessions

Researchers will establish complex rhythmic movement sequences (CRMS) as an experimental paradigm to identify spatial and temporal components and learning time courses of complex rhythmic movement. Participants will dance with new partners every 15-20 minutes, a widely practiced method of the dance community to enhance learning. The class format is: 1. practicing previously learned steps 2. 25-minute warmup, partnering/rhythmic exercises 3. learning new steps 4. combining old and new steps 5. cool down Participants dance both leading and following roles, learn how to interpret motor goals through touch, and perform activities to foster understanding of the temporal relationship of movement to music.

Locations (1)

Emory University, Executive Park, Wesley Woods

Atlanta, Georgia, United States