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title: Improve upper limb motor learning
nct_id: NCT05960331
phase: NA
status: RECRUITING
sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
canonical_url: "https://parkinsonspathways.com/trial/NCT05960331"
clinicaltrials_gov: "https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05960331"
last_fetched: "2026-05-10T14:08:38.216Z"
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# Improve upper limb motor learning

**Goal (in five words):** Improve upper limb motor learning

**Official Title:** Influence of Autonomy on Motor Learning in People With Parkinson's Disease

**Trial ID:** [NCT05960331](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05960331)

## Key Facts

- **Phase:** NA
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Sponsor:** National Taiwan University Hospital
- **Target Enrollment:** 72 participants
- **Start Date:** 2023-08-21
- **Completion Date:** 2025-07-31
- **Conditions:** Parkinson Disease
- **Interventions:** Autonomy supported learning, Practice with predetermined feedback
- **Intervention Types:** BEHAVIORAL

## Summary For Families

The goal is to see whether giving people with Parkinson's more control over how they practice movements helps them learn and retain motor skills better, which could make rehabilitation and everyday tasks easier. Participants either use autonomy-supported learning, where they choose aspects of practice and when they receive feedback to boost motivation and engagement and promote stronger motor memory, or they follow a fixed practice plan with predetermined feedback for comparison. The trial is looking for adults over 20 who can follow instructions and have reasonable cognition (MoCA ≥ 24), with no recent upper-limb surgery; people with Parkinson's dementia, severe upper-limb tremor, implanted DBS or pacemakers, seizure risk, unstable medical conditions, or pregnancy are excluded.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 20 Years
- **Sex:** ALL

### Full Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* age above 20-years-old
* able to follow instructions to perform the tasks (Montreal Cognitive Assessment ≥ 24)
* no surgery and injury in upper extremities in recent 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* other neurological disorders in addition to Parkinson's disease
* Parkinson's disease dementia
* symptom of severe tremor in upper extremities (score ≥ 3 in Question 15 to 18 of UPDRS-III)
* deep brain stimulation or pacemaker implanted
* medical history of seizure
* a blood-relative with history of epilepsy
* unstable medical conditions
* pregnancy
```

## Locations (1)

- National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan _(25.0531, 121.5264)_
  - Ya-Yun Lee, PhD — (CONTACT) — +886-2-33668155 — yayunlee@ntu.edu.tw

## Central Contacts

- YA-YUN LEE, PhD — (CONTACT) — +886-2-33668155 — yayunlee@ntu.edu.tw
- DE-JUN LIM, Bachelor — (CONTACT) — +886-9-66716146 — R11428011@ntu.edu.tw

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