Cue X for Rehabilitation for Adults with Parkinson’s Disease
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A feasibility study investigating the use of Cue X software on augmented reality glasses for rehabilitation at home for adults with Parkinson's disease.
IRAS ID
321744
Contact name
Rory O'Connor
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Leeds
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 24 days
Research summary
Parkinson's disease is the world’s fastest growing neurological condition which affects more than 145,000 people in the UK today. It is a condition that affects the brain. The main symptoms are tremor (uncontrolled shaking), slowness of movement and difficulty starting movements (termed ‘freezing’). Daily exercise is recommended to help with these symptoms.
Physiotherapy can help maintain a person’s ability to walk and balance, help prevent falls and maintain independence for longer. It is usually carried out at face-to-face appointments in outpatient departments in a hospital.
STROLLL (www.strolll.co) is a company that have created a programme of activities called ‘CUE X’, to be used on augmented reality glasses. Augmented reality glasses merge computer generated images and sounds with the real world. CUE X has been created specifically to help people with Parkinson’s disease.
We are aiming to recruit 30 participants through referrals from specialist doctors, nurses and physiotherapists in Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. We will ask these health care professionals to give potential participants an information sheet outlining the project. A more detailed participant information sheet will be sent by post or email to those interested.There will be an initial hospital appointment where written consent will be asked for and an initial assessment completed. Participants will do a personalised, daily therapy programme using CUE X on augmented reality glasses for 6 weeks at home (monitored remotely by a physiotherapist). A final assessment and review will be done in hospital.
The purpose of this project is to see if people with Parkinson’s disease are able to use the glasses and do the exercises in their own homes. Benefits could include another way of doing recommended exercises and less hospital appointments.
If successful this could lead to a new way of delivering physiotherapy and further research into this technology.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
23/YH/0106
Date of REC Opinion
31 May 2023
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion