User-friendliness of a Portable Driving Simulator to Retrain Impaired Driving Skills in Stroke Survivors and in Individuals With Parkinson's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis

Who is this study for? Patients with Autoimmune Disorders, Cancer
Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Device
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The use of simulators to retrain driving skills of patients with stroke, Parkinson's disease (PD), or multiple sclerosis (MS) is very limited because of cost, space required, and incidence of simulator sickness in high fidelity simulators. The Principal investigator recently developed a low cost low fidelity portable driving simulator (PDS). In this pilot study, the study team will (1) determine the ease of use and occurrence of simulator sickness while operating the low fidelity PDS in a clinic setting and (2) the efficacy of the low fidelity PDS to reproduce the benefits from retraining impaired driving skills of stroke survivors in a high-fidelity simulator. Participants: 30 participants, separated according to neurological condition including stroke, PD, or MS, will be randomly allocated to either the PDS or fixed-base high-fidelity simulator training. Each participant will undergo a pre-training evaluation, five hours of designated training and a post-training assessment, similar to the pre-training evaluation. Data will be analyzed according to study aims. The investigators hypothesize that the simple set up of the PDS will make it easier to use and better decrease the incidence of simulator sickness that typically leads to stopping therapy than the high-fidelity simulator. The investigators hypothesize that improvements in lane maintenance, adherence to speed limits, reaction to traffic lights, and overall reaction time after training using the PDS will not be significantly different from improvements observed after training using the high-fidelity driving simulator.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 25
Maximum Age: 75
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Diagnosis of a first ever stroke, PD, or MS

• Valid driver's licenses, ≥ 3 years driving experience,

• Mini-mental State Examination score ≥24, and

• Binocular acuity of at least 20/60 in compliance with state of Kansas driving laws

Locations
United States
Kansas
Abiodun Akinwuntan
RECRUITING
Kansas City
Contact Information
Primary
Abiodun E Akinwuntan, PhD
aakinwuntan@kumc.edu
19132914697
Time Frame
Start Date: 2019-08-28
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-06-30
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Low-Fidelity PDS Training
Individuals with stroke, PD, or MS
Active_comparator: High Fidelity Fixed-Base Simulator Training
Individuals with stroke, PD, or MS
Sponsors
Leads: University of Kansas Medical Center

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