Parkinson Disease
Do you SHAKE for NO reason?
Parkinson Disease Study
Age Eligibility: 18 Years - 70 Years
Gender Eligibility: Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteer: Yes
Estimated Enrollment: 220
Event Information
Parkinson Disease
Participants undergo the following tests and procedures:
- Screening examination
- Medical and neurological history and physical examination
- Tests or rating scales for movement, sense of smell, mood, attention, fatigue, pain, and thinking.
- Measurement of blood pressure and pulse rate while lying down and then standing up
- Blood draw for genetic testing
- Inpatient testing at the NIH Clinical Center for 2-3 days, including:
- Measurements while blowing against a resistance
- Measurements of blood pressure and pulse rate
- Blood draws for levels of various chemicals
- PET and MRI scanning
- Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
- Electrocardiogram
- Skin electrical conduction test (test of sweat production)
- Skin and core temperature measurements
- Transcranial ultrasound (sound-wave test of the head)
- Follow-up testing (up to five visits in 18-month intervals) to repeat some of the tests listed above, excluding the genetic testing and spinal tap
When?
Friday, Sep 19, 2014, 08:00 AM
Where?
27 Tooley St, London SE1 2PR, United Kingdom
Brain Region Affected by Parkinson's Disease
Symptoms that come with Parkinson's Disease
A hand Shaking
RSVP
Contact: Janna Peries, R.N.(301) 435-5166jperies@ninds.nih.gov
Contact: David S Goldstein, M.D.(301) 496-2103goldsteind@ninds.nih.gov
Website: http://clinicaltrials.gov/