Study at USC tests smartphone app to help older adults with memory problems stay active. Join today!
<p> Despite the health benefits of physical activity, community-living older people with dementia have 26% lower physical activity levels than their cognitively healthy peers. Health-related smartphone applications (apps) are now frequently used to help people lead healthier lifestyles and provide a promising way to increase older adults' physical activity. Unfortunately, no physical activity apps exist that have been adapted for older persons with cognitive impairment despite that this group could benefit from such health-supportive tools. </p><p>The app-based intervention proposed for this study is named Moving Up-A. It includes features designed to assist older adults who have mild cognitive impairments become more physically active. The app provides users support to overcome common barriers to physical activity they may experience by increasing awareness about one’s physical activity patterns and by sending a variety of messages, tips, activities, and reminders. </p><p> To participate in this study, we are looking for older adults (65 years or older) who have difficulty with memory or thinking, who own smartphones, reside in the Los Angeles area or in the Pacific Time Zone, and are not very physically active.</p>
A novel, comprehensive approach to post-stroke gait rehabilitation
The purpose of this study is to understand how individuals control their walking after stroke while using visual information about their walking and while walking at different speeds. We hope to learn how people learn new walking patterns when parts of the brain are damaged and how this may change at different walking speeds.
Lupus patients on Twitter: What do they think about using Twitter to engage them with their health?
It is estimated that at least 5 million Americans have the autoimmune disease lupus, with more than 16,000 new cases of lupus being reported annually in the U.S. Many patients take to Twitter to share their disease experience. With this study, we want to better understand Lupus patients who use Twitter and hear from them whether Twitter could be used as a tool to engage them with healthcare and research. This study is restricted to Lupus patients on Twitter who were contacted by the study team.
Tracking Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) symptoms and predicting response to treatment using Fitbit, neuroimaging, and smartphone surveys.
<p>Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a chronic, impairing disorder characterized by unwanted obsessions and/or compulsions. Not all persons with OCD are alike, resulting in a wide variety of symptoms, illness course, and response to treatment. The purpose of our OCD research study is to better understand differences in OCD symptoms and to predict both illness course and response to treatment. By comparing data from participants with OCD and healthy volunteers without OCD, we hope to provide enhanced treatments to future patients.</p>
Mother's Milk Study
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of human milk oligosaccharides (i.e. HMOs, which are a type of sugar) on infant intestinal bacteria and understand how these sugars influence the growth and development of the child. The ultimate goal of this study is to promote the growth of good bacteria in the infant’s intestine and reduce the growth of harmful bacteria.
LGBTQ+ Smokers & Their Partners Who Want to Quit Smoking
This study is about understanding attempts to quit cigarette smoking in couples. Your participation will help determine better treatment efforts for couples who smoke that want to quit. The study is being funded by the California Tobacco Related Disease Prevention Program.
Investigating efficacy and safety of adjunctive therapy in Parkinson’s Disease patients
Parkinson’s Disease involves the loss of brain cells that produce dopamine, a messenger that sends information to the parts of the brain that control movement and coordination. Lower than normal levels of dopamine in the brain causes the symptoms of Parkinson’s, including muscle stiffness, resting tremor (uncontrollable shaking), and slowing of movements. Parkinson’s patients may have “on” periods where they are able to control their muscle movement, and “off” times when controlling these movements is harder. Levodopa is a medication used to help treat Parkinson’s by increasing dopamine levels in the brain. We are looking for participants who have these “on” and “off” periods, and who are on Levodopa and at least one other medication. We are looking at whether adding tozadenant, a drug that hasn’t been approved by the U.S. FDA, will help improve Parkinson’s symptoms.
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